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"Every home becomes a prison:" Now, Taliban stops Afghan women from sightseeing
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this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2023
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The people living in afghanistan are the ones being victimized by the taliban. They do have supporters obviously, but to say that all men living in afghanistan are okay with what's happening is ridiculous.
If America was violently overtaken by gun-toting religious maniacs, would it be fair to say "Oh well some of them voted for it! Their fault!"
America is being taken over by gun-toting religious maniacs, and yeah, most of the populace supports them. You've seen Trump's recent poll numbers, haven't you?
But the US did vote for gun-toting religious maniacs to overtake them though ...
They definitely did. But a whole lot of Americans voted against them, too. It would be unfair to dismiss all of America because some of them vote for these people.
@storksforlegs @raccoona_nongrata That’s essentially what a lot of people elsewhere in the US say about those of us who live in states run by gun-toting religious maniacs. (For the record, about 40% of us did not vote for this.)
Okay, but the US didn't do a great job of preparing Afghanistan for resisting the Taliban when they left. The US basically packed everything up and left overnight. Have you seen John Oliver's very good segment on the topic? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2hw_ghPcQs&ab_channel=LastWeekTonight
I wish I had a way to filter all of these posts about how shitty Afghanistan is.
That place is never going to change.