boem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTwo years under Taliban rule in Afghanistan: ‘I never thought the world would forget about us so quickly’english.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square320fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square320fedilink
minus-squarestillwater@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down9·1 year agoI think they just expected empathy and interest in them as a people.
minus-squareSocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·1 year agoOk, they have our empathy and interest. How does that translate into meaningful physical action?
minus-squarestillwater@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down8·1 year 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-up20arrow-down6·1 year agoThoughts and prayers won’t make the Taliban go away lol
minus-squarestillwater@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·edit-21 year agoIs that your idea of what empathy or interest looks like?
minus-squareassassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year 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-21 year 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.