I’m sure many of you have already seen a story on this wonderful bit of religious freedom in Afghanistan. I wonder which of the following is more imperialistic and potentially bigoted a reaction:

1. No shock or surprise. These are the people who brought us the taliban and, really, the damn near whole muslim world seems utterly clueless when it comes to the notion of pluralism.

2. This is the afghanistan that the U.S. has created. Good job, guys.

The former is probably closer to how I really feel. The latter is less judgmental of the muslim world, but also kind of robs of them of their agency and responsibility for their actions.

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