Some people believe that 'there are no coincidences' which got me wondering why the Religious Right Christian Republicans Feel so CREEPY. Some of us on the left, jokingly have started calling the GOP the Taliban so it got me wondering What the heck is a Taliban and so I started the googling.
What is a Taliban?
It is a political movement started in or around 1994
I had no idea it was such a NEW thing...I'm trying to recall what was going on in American politics back in 1994..Oh wait..Clinton, Newt right wing conspiracy theories, Neo-cons, christian coalition..Creation of THINK TANKS by ALEC, KOCH Brothers and other uber RICH GROUPS... (Help me recall, people..)
The word Taliban is Pashto,meaning "students"
an ultraconservative faction
majority of their leaders were influenced by fundamentalism
Its human rights abuses, principally the complete disenfranchisement of women and girls, were decried by the international community.
DAMN! Sure sounds familiar thanks to Sick Rantorum's ILK! SO many weird similarities..
While in power, the group put into force strict laws based on a fundamental interpretation of Islam (or Bible maybe??)
I inserted the Bible as holy scripture is all the same to me. Sure sounds like a lot of Republicans already 'Preaching' in Congress.
The Taliban were condemned internationally for their brutal repression of women
Been hearing a lot of 'WTF are the crazy Americans' doing by many from other countries where the women are fighting for the once enviable American democracy example.
Taliban movement is primarily made up of members belonging to tribes, the largest ethnic group
The Rich Republican White Men (and some others) Group Maybe??
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The Taliban and their allies committed massacres against civilians, denied food supplies to starving civilians and conducted a policy of scorched earth burning vast areas of fertile land and destroying tens of thousands of homes
The Corporate Shock Doctrine Principles maybe?? Anyone here who STILL hasn't read that book???
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The Taliban have been accused of using terrorism as a specific tactic to further their ideological and political goals.
Republican Right Wing Media or FOX News anyone? RED Alert!!! WARNING WARNING day in and day out..The Homeland Security!!!
The Taliban say: 'Come and accept... and be with us', and they would keep the highest office in the country, the presidentship. But for what price?!
"If you're not with us, you're against us." George W. Bush
Damn, now I'm wondering if the Taliban was made up back in 1994 by the 'powers that be/were' back then???
The following was the response in Pakistan by those against the Taliban over there (maybe why we are still fighting in Afaghanistan...)
The difference between us concerns mainly our way of thinking about the very principles of the society and the state. We can not accept their conditions of compromise, or else we would have to give up the principles of modern democracy.
Sounds also like many Democrats, the OWS and those of us SO against the RELIGIOUS CREEP in our Government today doesn't it?
All I know, is life as a 99 percent citizen in America stinks to High Heaven these days and just trying to talk 'normal' politics even on dkos has turned into something else, and I don't like it.
We know the extremists are trying to turn back time, re-writing our history, triggering racism, misogyny, bigotry etc., etc., with the BIBLE-THUMPING getting LOUDER and LOUDER, our pocket-books getting leaner, our poor getting hungrier, and our children being bullied and made dumber by the year..The jobs for people who help people, like teachers, nurses, firemen etc., all being attacked and privatized for profit..
It kind of Feels like it is all connected and being done on Purpose... but, hey, what do I know??
Occupy Freedom of Speaking and Thinking!!
Occupy Freedom from Religion!!