I don&#x27;t particularly like the guy, but is there a campaign of deliberate misinterpretation going on?<p>Yes, probably a really stupid thing to say, and perhaps wrong for many reasons.<p>No, he did not say India should have kept Britain as its colonial power, or any of the other incredible interpretations now flying around the Twittersphere.<p>Jonny Axelsson: <i>Anti-semitism not the opposite of semitism. Now whether anti-colonialism is a thing is another thing. Americans, esp. right-wing, have Humpty Dumpty appoach to redefining words but in context is clear: @pmarca referred to the post-colonial anti-colonial mix of nationalism, socialism, abuse&#x2F;power that afflicted many ex-colonies</i><p>Marc Andreessen: <i>Exactly.</i><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;pmarca&#x2F;status&#x2F;697281882401026048" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;pmarca&#x2F;status&#x2F;697281882401026048</a><p>[Please disagree with Andreessen&#x27;s point, not with my point that he really didn&#x27;t say take India back to British colonialism but said something else that perhaps is almost as stupid.]