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    The differences are the brand of truck they use, and that the Taliban actually seems to use the truckbed.

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      Lots of Christians believe that, come the end times, they will be bodily taken up into heaven. (That’s the reason for embalming, to preserve the body for judgement day.) Since, of course, they’ll take their trucks with 'em, they don’t use the bed now. It’d suck so much to spend eternity with scratched paint.

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    “But the left one doesn’t put burqa on women, therefore they’re pro-women!” - delusional cultural-christians

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    Yeah, but the Taliban are at least not so nationalistic that they can recognise the usefulness of the engineering chops of manufacturers like Toyota. Say what you want, 10 years from now those Toyota Tundras in the desert will still be running. It’s a crapshoot with the Ford F-150s.

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    One difference is that the Taliban are arguably pro-immigration, as long as the immigrant is a muslim who does as they’re told.

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          There’s a lot of cross-pollination between Jihadist groups over symbolism, even accounting for the fact that they all draw on the same long-standing symbols of Islamic faith in general and (regardless of whether they’re Wahhabist or not) of Wahhabi revivalism from the 18th century. ISIS isn’t even the only group which uses the Seal of Muhammad on their black flag with Arabic lettering (which I can’t read, as a monoglot).

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      Who? The republicans are firmly pro guns. If you’re american, just buy one.

      Did you mean the Taliban being pro guns laws?

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        Republicans have and will pass laws that make it harder for nonwhites to obtain firearms, and they have raided and will raid nonwhites who stockpile firearms.

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    I did some research on the Heritage Foundation, which is who is really running the country right now. They’re the people behind Project 2025s. Their president is a member of Otis Dia A radical Catholic group.

    In essence, our country is being run by a radical Catholic group… You’re on point.

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      Religions don’t spread by the quality of their truth, but rather the quality of their violence.