Maldives will ban Israelis from entering the country over the war in Gaza

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Maldives will ban Israelis from entering the country over the war in Gaza
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Ah, and now the dishonesty. That is not what people mean when they say a blanket ban on travel and I'm sure you're not stupid, so you know that.

There's a reason that the AP article linked above doesn't use that term in this case.

What is there to address about the blanket ban?

I don't know, how about something like, "okay, I didn't mean 'blanket ban,' that was wrong of me."

But, of course, this is the internet and admitting your wrong is the worst thing ever, so I won't be holding my breath.

Haha what? They're banning all Israeli passport holders. Do you have some special definition of "blanket ban" that you manipulate to suit your purposes?

Called it.

Uhh yeah OK, congrats on winning this argument based on your made-up definition of "blanket ban". Go ahead and celebrate with Donald Trump, who wanted to enact the same against muslim-majority coountries.

What are you even talking about?

You linked me to a page where the word 'blanket' is never used?

I mean you could have done a quick control-F like I did...

Here's one on the same topic with "blanket": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13769

What definition of "blanket ban" are you using here? This is a pretty good one, I think:

A ban that applies to or affects all or the majority of a given class of people or things.

I think it's a little late to start to expect me to use your sources when you're so against admitting you're wrong that you couldn't even admit the fact that your link didn't actually support your claim.

Am I being pranked here? This conversation is absolutely bonkers.