boem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoTwo years under Taliban rule in Afghanistan: ‘I never thought the world would forget about us so quickly’english.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square301fedilinkarrow-up1731arrow-down128
arrow-up1703arrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square301fedilink
minus-squarestillwater@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down9·2 years agoI think they just expected empathy and interest in them as a people.
minus-squareSocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·2 years agoOk, they have our empathy and interest. How does that translate into meaningful physical action?
minus-squarestillwater@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down7·2 years agoDo they? You’re more focused on trying to have a gotcha on the internet than displaying any empathy or interest in them.
minus-square👁️👄👁️@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down6·2 years agoThoughts and prayers won’t make the Taliban go away lol
minus-squarestillwater@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·edit-22 years agoIs that your idea of what empathy or interest looks like?
minus-squareassassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years 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-22 years 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.
I think they just expected empathy and interest in them as a people.
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.
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.