Slop.

Bruh, where do I start with this.

So first he talks about the Taliban having kidnapped several tourists based on US news, and while on the face of it it's all definitely stuff that's been reported.....but it's like, okay, what did the Taliban say about why they imprisoned those people? Did they have reason to potentially believe they were spies? Did they ACTUALLY take those people hostage or were they temporarily in prison for breaking a law?

Additionally....WE kidnap people; there's literally civilians in Guantanamo who'll never see their families again (AND they're horrifically tortured); and there's people in border camps, entire families which includes children.

The guy finally at some point has an encounter with the Taliban aaaaand....they check his permits, see everything's okay, and then just leave, politely saying goodbye.

He says there's only two things illegal to film in Afghanistan: military stuff and women; he admittedly says the military stuff is reasonable but doesn't sound convinced in regards to women. Bruh, I'm working in Qatar and the women here don't want to be filmed, and they're protected by law from it (in one case a woman I work with went to the cops about it, and in another case a different woman I know literally yanked a phone from a Norwegian's hand to personally delete a video he'd taken of her (he thought she hadn't noticed)); the law reflects the culture just like it does back home.

He meets two Afghan Americans (they were born and raised in the states and went back to live in Afghanistan instead) and they were saying that it's nothing like they've seen on the news and the guy has to basically pause and say it must be at least partly according to the news. BRO, YOU'RE SEEING WITH YOUR OWN EYES, EXPERIENCING IT YOURSELF THAT IT'S NOT LIKE THE NEWS HAS BEEN TELLING EVERYONE! HOW ARE YOU DENYING YOUR OWN EYES AND YOUR OWN LIVED EXPERIENCE THAT MATCHES THEIR DESCRIPTION!

He also says towards the end that yes, he's had a good experience with the Taliban but that all it takes is 'one a-hole to f' it all up'; Bro, YOU'RE being that a-hole! You think back home it's just that one a-hole cop to f' everything up for you? A cop could mistake the phone in your hand for a gun and shoot you and he'd most likely get away with it.

How is this guy insisting on disbelieving his own eyes, that instead the news HAS to be correct? Why are people like this?