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It's not difficult to squirm out of this particular case. "I couldn't live here." Such a statement imparts neither a positive nor negative reaction. It's easy to turn around on the offended party: "Why would you assume an insult?". With Twitter's character limit, it's unwise to read to far into something lacking much context.



He didn't say "I couldn't live here", he said "I would die if I had to live here!" which I don't think can be considered a neutral statement.

Regarding the squirming, He'd likely be better off by apologizing for making a stupid statement.




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