The new Taliban government of Afghanistan received widespread international criticism for using whips and sticks against women protesting in favor of women’s rights. But Western countries like the United States use even harsher methods to suppress their own demonstrators.
We Are Worse Than the Taliban
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The Final Countdown" talk show on Radio Sputnik. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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Speaking of the Taliban. Can someone offer an explanation for why so much of the Taliban identity is so violently anti-woman? I mean that seriously. They aren’t so much hostile toward women as they are homicidal toward them. It’s like the entire group has a collective Freudian psychosis. Sure, pretty much all the religions treat women like garbage, but the Taliban seems to be trying for an 11.
If we are to control the populace, terror must be maintained.
President Biden: “You’re going to need F-15s and nukes to take on the government.”
More Mandates and Edicts. Resistance is Futile. We are on the Road to Serfdom.