When parties reverse their stance, supporters immediately switch their opinions

Re:When parties reverse their stance, supporters immediately... by reducesuffering on Sunday January 17, 2021 @12:22AM (#25808399)

I’m not sure how “progressive” it is to let the Taliban overrun the Afghani government and ban women from working or attending any school.

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Re:When parties reverse their stance, supporters immediately... by bzb6 on Sunday January 17, 2021 @05:28AM (#25809636)

That’s not the west’s problem.

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Re:When parties reverse their stance, supporters immediately... by reducesuffering on Sunday January 17, 2021 @01:15PM (#25813209)

It’s a humanitarian problem. If you have a people that will starve without food aid, will you also say it’s not the west’s problem? Obviously the use of force and popular support for the Taliban complicates things in Afghanistan, but I believe it still needs to be looked at in terms of the real results of our actions.

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Re:When parties reverse their stance, supporters immediately... by ed25519FUUU on Sunday January 17, 2021 @02:01PM (#25813725)

So we’ve been there 20 years. How many more decades before we realize it’s a problem we can’t solve?

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