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MrModerate

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55. I'm sure that Proud Boys and like-minded people...
Sun Aug 15, 2021, 07:49 PM
Aug 2021

Are looking at what's going on in Afghanistan for tactical tips on their own dreamed-of Civil War.

That's the impression I got. Maybe the women have to arm themselves? Walleye Aug 2021 #1
Arm themselves? jimfields33 Aug 2021 #10
You're right it's just frustrating to see these poor women have to go back to the ninth century Walleye Aug 2021 #12
Pray tell, from your morally superior position, what should these women do? PTWB Aug 2021 #20
+1 Dan Aug 2021 #21
Thank you. whathehell Aug 2021 #28
Get the heck out of there. They've had notice already and many have left jimfields33 Aug 2021 #41
You never really support any of your arguments with data or evidence, huh? LanternWaste Aug 2021 #43
How are women with children, with no resources mcar Aug 2021 #48
+43million kajillion. n/t Alpeduez21 Aug 2021 #54
Or get guns for that matter. Maru Kitteh Aug 2021 #62
You seem to be missing the point.. whathehell Aug 2021 #50
Are you suggesting women just allow themselves to be enslaved? whathehell Aug 2021 #35
I wonder if the women had been armed & well trained, would things be different? Deuce Aug 2021 #14
Yeah, that's what I was trying to say. Walleye Aug 2021 #30
The Kurdish women go into combat. Ligyron Aug 2021 #31
Yes, that is who I had been thinking of and they are tough fighters! Deuce Aug 2021 #38
Maybe that should have been the strategy from the beginning... Volaris Aug 2021 #61
Yes, and a generation of men raised by soldier moms Maru Kitteh Aug 2021 #69
Spot on!! PortTack Aug 2021 #2
Just like so many white men here and their support for the authoritarian GQP and trump NightWatcher Aug 2021 #3
Precisely. "Stand back and stand by" Maru Kitteh Aug 2021 #4
✔️✔️ blm Aug 2021 #5
Yes, but we have people pushing back against it here. JI7 Aug 2021 #6
"White men here"? SergeStorms Aug 2021 #27
"here" as in the USA. The men are trump boys and all those little clubs like the 3%'ers... NightWatcher Aug 2021 #47
Thanks for the clarification. SergeStorms Aug 2021 #64
Not exactly.. whathehell Aug 2021 #39
That was my thought. Srkdqltr Aug 2021 #7
Or maybe they never believed in 21st century government at all? Maybe because they're a bunch of Hekate Aug 2021 #8
Many Afghan soldiers hadn't gotten paid for months crimycarny Aug 2021 #24
Agreed, heck we still struggle after all this time tulipsandroses Aug 2021 #34
I would suspect that regular nationalism and tribalism has SOMEthing to do with it Hugh_Lebowski Aug 2021 #9
If the women of Afghanistan want their freedom, they may have to fight for it with the weapons they Chainfire Aug 2021 #11
"We have our own growing far right religious groups to deal with" Maru Kitteh Aug 2021 #15
for sure bdamomma Aug 2021 #29
Good food for thought. Thanks! nt Tommymac Aug 2021 #16
.What "weapons" would those be? whathehell Aug 2021 #42
Trump Cult + Taliban Praek3 Aug 2021 #13
+1000 smirkymonkey Aug 2021 #17
Yes I noticed the similarity. Armed undisciplined men in pick up trucks Walleye Aug 2021 #33
+100000 bdamomma Aug 2021 #53
And there are Christofascist men in our own country Mr.Bill Aug 2021 #18
In a heartbeat. nt Maru Kitteh Aug 2021 #65
The u.s. should have spent it's time there evacuating the women Fullduplexxx Aug 2021 #19
So true Traildogbob Aug 2021 #25
If they could 'tolerate' women like that they wouldn't be 'incels'... Wounded Bear Aug 2021 #58
I think so too bdamomma Aug 2021 #22
yep, pretty much. nt yaesu Aug 2021 #23
As I look at this, I wonder if we should have trained the women. Dan Aug 2021 #26
Taliban have been actively operating in villages all this time... MrModerate Aug 2021 #32
I suddenly got the image of the proud boys beating up on a female journalist Walleye Aug 2021 #37
Is that an "image" you got or a memory? whathehell Aug 2021 #45
It was on the video about the LA demonstration that got out of hand Walleye Aug 2021 #51
I'm sure that Proud Boys and like-minded people... MrModerate Aug 2021 #55
Truer words were never posted. joetheman Aug 2021 #36
By all means. Maru Kitteh Aug 2021 #68
Lots of Evangelicals here long to be like the Taliban and some are. nt joetheman Aug 2021 #40
It's why I call them Talibangelists...nt Wounded Bear Aug 2021 #59
Well the Taliban will let their SON live, take a bride of his choosing and have his goat herd Shanti Shanti Shanti Aug 2021 #44
Exactly what Malcom Nance just said on MSNBC. And we never took the time or interest. Evolve Dammit Aug 2021 #46
I'm not so sure Layzeebeaver Aug 2021 #49
True. Unevolved pieces of shit bhikkhu Aug 2021 #52
Unfortunate, sad, but true... Wounded Bear Aug 2021 #56
Generation? Been like that for thousands of years and will be for 1000s more. Jon King Aug 2021 #57
The Taliban, whatever we think of them, are the only ones organized enough to run the country Warpy Aug 2021 #60
Al Jazeera reporting moondust Aug 2021 #63
HA HA. Maru Kitteh Aug 2021 #66
This is true. It is also true that Iraqi's didn't want to be taken over by funamentalists. Renew Deal Aug 2021 #67
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