boem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoTwo years under Taliban rule in Afghanistan: ‘I never thought the world would forget about us so quickly’english.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square315fedilinkarrow-up1839arrow-down133
arrow-up1806arrow-down1external-linkTwo years under Taliban rule in Afghanistan: ‘I never thought the world would forget about us so quickly’english.elpais.comboem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square315fedilink
minus-squarestillwater@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down9·11 months agoI think they just expected empathy and interest in them as a people.
minus-square👁️👄👁️@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down6·11 months agoThoughts and prayers won’t make the Taliban go away lol
minus-squarestillwater@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·edit-211 months agoIs that your idea of what empathy or interest looks like?
minus-squareassassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoWhat do you think it should look like? I’m not pleased with the situation but I don’t know what we could do differently.
minus-squarestillwater@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 months agoIt definitely doesn’t look like thoughts and prayers, a phrase which is often used by people who show the opposite of empathy or interest.
minus-squareSocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·11 months agoOk, they have our empathy and interest. How does that translate into meaningful physical action?
minus-squarestillwater@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down8·11 months agoDo they? You’re more focused on trying to have a gotcha on the internet than displaying any empathy or interest in them.
I think they just expected empathy and interest in them as a people.
Thoughts and prayers won’t make the Taliban go away lol
Is that your idea of what empathy or interest looks like?
What do you think it should look like? I’m not pleased with the situation but I don’t know what we could do differently.
It definitely doesn’t look like thoughts and prayers, a phrase which is often used by people who show the opposite of empathy or interest.
Ok, they have our empathy and interest. How does that translate into meaningful physical action?
Do they? You’re more focused on trying to have a gotcha on the internet than displaying any empathy or interest in them.