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   From: js@phendrie.con   
      
   If there’s one good thing you can say about the Taliban, it’s that at least   
   there’s no ambivalence about them. As they return to power in Afghanistan   
   after   
   the withdrawal of American troops this month, the theocratic militants’   
   record   
   of needless violence, misogyny, archeological desecration and dogmatism speaks   
   for itself. Whatever quite fair arguments one might make about the failures of   
   British, Russian or American imperialism in the country, no one can argue the   
   Taliban are better.   
      
   Still, surprisingly, as the group has swept to power with shocking swiftness in   
   recent weeks, it has found at least a few supporters in what would have once   
   been the most unlikely place: the American right.   
      
   In response to having Taliban content taken down from Facebook, a group   
   spokesperson latched on to the Republican talking point that big tech firms are   
   engaging in censorship.   
      
   It was ironic, and laughable. But shockingly, right-wing figures took to social   
   media to agree, with Donald Trump Jr. tweeting that the Taliban’s assertion   
   was   
   “not wrong.” Meanwhile, controversial commentator Candace Owens stated on   
   Twitter that the Taliban is “telling the truth here” and is “hitting at   
   the   
   totalitarianism of the U.S.”   
      
   This is the current state of things: far-right conservatives now side with the   
   Islamofascists they once went to war against, all in the name of fighting big   
   tech.   
      
   https://www.thestar.com/business/opinion/2021/08/21/taliban-and-   
   ar-right-share-ideology-in-their-condemnation-of-free-speech-on-   
   ocial-media.html   
      
   There is no bottom to the barrel of right-wingnut disgusting hypocrisy.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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