"Indian food is terrible and we pretend it isn't," said international affairs professor Tom Nichols in a tweet that has caused a spicy backlash. Why didn’t he just say ‘I’, instead of dragging a collective ‘we’ into the statement? We, as in Tee Shiao Eek, Lim Sue Ann, and Sumitra Selvaraj, discuss!

<p>"<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2019/11/26/food-fight-terrible-indian-cuisine-tweet-went-global-column/4304351002/">Indian food is terrible and we pretend it isn't</a>," said international affairs professor Tom Nichols <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50550735">in a tweet that has caused a spicy backlash</a>. Why didn&rsquo;t he just say &lsquo;I&rsquo;, instead of dragging a collective &lsquo;we&rsquo; into the statement? We, as in Tee Shiao Eek, Lim Sue Ann, and Sumitra Selvaraj, discuss!</p>

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