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  It isn't bots, Reddit does not show the real vote count, the numbers are fuzzed to keep bots from vote rigging. The random up and down count will change every time you refresh, even if you go into your profile you can notice this. The only way to actually track the real vote counts are to watch the total karma count on the profile page.
context: Looks like she made sure she couldn't be accused of not being fully covered which is the excuse the Taliban have been using. I hope that she survives, and their regime doesn't. >
  
  People really need to stop thinking of Afghanistan as a country and start thinking of it as four major tribal ethnic groups and many more minor ones sharing roughly overlapping geographical areas in a place that just so happens to be sometimes loosely “ruled” by some king of warlord or whatever. >
  
  While true, they were exposed to the idea of having a united country for over 20 years. Won't happen tomorrow, or maybe even the next decade, but it will happen. Even now the taliban rule it as it were a single country. So its not so far fetched to believe that internal change can happen, and much more likely to stick than a forced external one. >
  
  More than 20 years, the modern afghan state was essentially founded in the 18th century, and the current format has existed since 1919 >
  
  There’s a big difference between lines on a map and a genuine sense of national identity, though. >
  
  Thanks for the link! >
  
  This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 77%. (I'm a bot)
  
  
  An 18-year-old Afghan student endured Taliban taunts and insults at the weekend as she staged a solo protest against the ban on women attending university.
  In their latest assault on women's rights, the Taliban last week banned university education for women, prompting international outrage.
  "I wanted to show the power of a single Afghan girl, and that even one person can stand against oppression. When my other sisters see that a single girl has stood against the Taliban, it will help them rise and defeat the Taliban," Marwa said.
  
  
  Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: women^#1 Taliban^#2 protest^#3 Marwa^#4 against^#5 >
  
  I worry about her safety. The Taliban are savages. >
  
  They are what we made them. >
  
  Wars have been raging there since written history began. Fuck outta here lmao, we didn't make them follow a bigoted religion that encourages this shit. >
  
  We actively funded the groups that encourage “this shit.” and toppled comparatively liberal governments in the region, you’re just being Ignorant >
  
  Oh okay, so all the history books that show this extremist culture has been around for centuries before the existence of the West - they're all full of shit.
  LOL.
  No wait, hang on:
  LMAOOOO!!! >
  
  How many of those books have you read? >
  
  All of them. >
  
  average redditor >
  
  Probably below average… >
  
  
  “For the first time in my life, I felt so proud, strong, and powerful because I was standing against them and demanding a right that God has given us,” Marwa told AFP, asking not to be further identified.
  
  Please, don't further identify her. >
  
  A reminder for Americans that we need to guard our freedoms  from any church that would take them, religious extremism is a problem everywhere. >
  
  Seconded. >
  
  "It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."
  -Emiliano Zapata >
  
  Next story, proud and strong afghan girl found decapitated for defying the terrorban. >
  
  Proud and strong is what they wrote on her gravestone if she's not buried in an anonymous grave somewhere. >
  
  Are you dumb? First, how do you know that's a guy? Second, it's commentary on how dismal that shit is. >
  
  What a brave woman. Title says girl but this woman is protesting a violent regime by herself in public. Tomorrow when I wake up depressed I'm going to try and think of her for strength. >
  
  Very brave of her. >
  
  Dear Taliban. This is what's called a "Martyr" >
  
  Um...martyr is a person killed for their beliefs...so...i really hope she's not :/ >
  
  I think that's their point, killing her would make her a martyr and symbol >
  
  Or another body among foundations. >
  
  Totally get Tiananmen Tank protest vibes from this. The frailty of the body in the face of overwhelming odds, and the spirit that stands anyway… I am crushed by man’s inhumanity, and lifted by her determination. >
  
  Is she still alive? :-/ >
  
  Yes we text >
  
  Glad to hear it! >
  
  She should get a Nobel Prize like Malala or at least some sort of award >
  
  Or.. Freedom maybe. >
  
  this one seems nice. >
  
  Unfortunately Afghanistan is a hopeless situation. >
  
  Well it wasn't before the orange turd decided to pull out.
  If we had parked out butts there for annother 10—20 years we could have let the old guard die out and replace them with this new generation.
  Instead we paid for 80% of the "hard part" in cash and lives and then decided to just give up. >
  
  Look I hate trump as much as the next guy but pulling out of Afghanistan was the right move, even Biden saw it was. Before our army was even out the entire Afghan army collapsed after nearly 20 years of us helping them. At some point you've just gotta accept it's hopeless, if they want change, they'll have to fight for it, we've done all we can. >
  
  We pulled out and condemned 20 million women to a lifetime of oppression. Let's not pretend that leaving was the moral thing to do.
  
  No. We didn't do shit. The Taliban are the oppressors. Take it up with them, or move to Afghanistan and help the locals rise up. The US tried for two decades and the Afghan army still couldn't get there shit together.
  
  First, nice good old reply and block so you don't need to actually defend your position and you can try to deny me the chance to defend mine. Really good faith argumentation. 
  Second, No we didn't. We didn't build an independent army, we built a military designed to operate under the US military. We handled logistics, maintenance, air support, intelligence, procurement. And we cut the cord almost overnight. Pretending that we did our best and it's all the Afghan peoples fault is absurd. >
  
  What is the alternative? Occupation by a foreign government literally forever?
  We tried to prepare them to protect themselves from the taliban, they decided to give up and not fight. >
  
  
  What is the alternative? Occupation by a foreign government literally forever?
  
  How about how about waiting till the generation of women who got to receive an education have a chance to gain political power? 
  
  We tried to prepare them to protect themselves from the taliban.
  
  No we didn't. We didn't build an independent army, we built a military designed to operate under the US military. We handled logistics, maintenance, air support, intelligence, procurement. And we cut the cord almost overnight. Pretending that we did our best and it's all the Afghan peoples fault is absurd. >
  
  Oh so only a what.... 60-70 year occupation? Yeah that's a reasonable one right there.
  And no matter what, women in power would not be accepted in a conservative muslim society like Afghanistan. >
  
  
  Oh so only a what.... 60-70 year occupation?
  
  Even just another 10 years would have had massive effects. How much do you value the human rights of 40 million people? 
  
  And no matter what, women in power would not be accepted in a conservative muslim society like Afghanistan.
  
  Except that the culture of Afghanistan was starting to shift, but you have to ignore that to justify this to yourself. 
  This was always going to be a generational conflict. If your goal wasn't to make Afghanistan better, then we should have left on 2002 after toppling the Taliban regime and kept paying off warlords to keep them out of power. >
  
  Oh trust me, I would have loved to leave Afghanistan in 2002, staying there at all was idiotic. >
  
  Arguing for turning a country into a failed state isn't very reasonable either. >
  
  Such a brave woman. The men in charge are such cowards. >
  
  When I think the western countries suck, I remember of Afghanistan and Iran. >
  
  That girl has BALLS to do that
  I applaud her courage and conviction and pray for her safety. 
  I hate going to the grocery store and throw myself a little pity party when I have to go. But since all the protest over there instead of hating it, I try to be grateful that I live somewhere where I can freely come and go, wearing whatever I want, buying with money from a career I chose. These women are risking their lives and dying to do things many take for granted and bitch about having to do. >
  
  Brave girl >
  
  What's a "girl"? >
  
  Opposite from a "boy" which has a male sex organ. A "girl" has a female sex organ. >
  
  Suicide is painful >
  
  The ones who have grown up under the partial freedom of the last govt, but who are now being asked to surrender to a life in home imprisonment, must be mentally wrecked by now. If possible, the world should flood the markets of Afghanistan with cheap smartphones, internet & solar panels. If not offline, let them be free in the online world. >
  
  We did. Cell phones were given out to locals.
  As for internet, You know Afghanistan had a pc manufacturer right?
  All of that relies on infrastructure that's no longer present. >
  
  I wish I could give her a hug...and a safe university education. >
  
  Turns out the US military should have been training the afghan women, then maybe the Taliban wouldn't be in charge right now... >
  
  This has been frequently suggested (including by me). Turns out they tried. They were just never able to get very many female recruits. Some of the few they got were apparently pretty capable but they were just a drop in the bucket compared to how many they really needed to make a difference. >
  
  The bots are all over this article too. The up vote count goes up, then plummets. Never seems to get over 985 for too long. Kinda weird.
  Edit/ my shitty typing.