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I’m suggesting that maybe we shouldn’t be getting our life pro-tips from a rape cult. The Amish Keep to Themselves. And They’re Hiding a Horrifying Secret. A y

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I’m suggesting that maybe we shouldn’t be getting our life pro-tips from a rape cult. The Amish Keep to Themselves. And They’re Hiding a Horrifying Secret. A year of reporting reveals a culture of incest, rape, and abuse. - January 14, 2020 by Sarah McClure https://www.typeinvestigations.org/investigation/2020/01/14/amish-sexual-abuse-assault/ https://www.typeinvestigations.org/investigation/2020/01/14/... EDIT: I shouldn’t be surprised that pointing out Amish sexual assault makes HN spitting mad. Few things make HN angrier than implying rape is a problem worth caring about.

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chucksta 5y ago
Calling them a rape cult is a little extreme. Although I do agree they are far to evangelized on the internet. For the most part they are just people with an 8th grade education, trying to get by with religion and community/family coming first
sparselogic 5y ago
If your statements are coming from experiences you’ve had in this culture, I’m very sorry. Their authority-centered and closed culture has sheltered many abusers. This is a serious ongoing problem, and I’m aware of many people who have suffered. But to be clear: none of the religious practices of the Amish involve rape. The same weaknesses are present in many other similarly organized groups (see the ongoing scandals in the Catholic Church, less reported but similar patterns in southern Baptists, and even the military’s serious issues with sexual abuse). Singling out the Amish and claiming that something they’re deeply ashamed of is the focal point of their religion is textbook hasty generalization and hyperbole.
- ska 5y ago
  > Their authority-centered and closed culture has sheltered many abusers. This is a much broader phenomena I think; isolated communities with fairly centralized authority lend themselves to sheltering abusers.
  - sparselogic 5y ago
    100%.

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chucksta 5y ago

Calling them a rape cult is a little extreme. Although I do agree they are far to evangelized on the internet. For the most part they are just people with an 8th grade education, trying to get by with religion and community/family coming first

sparselogic 5y ago

If your statements are coming from experiences you’ve had in this culture, I’m very sorry. Their authority-centered and closed culture has sheltered many abusers. This is a serious ongoing problem, and I’m aware of many people who have suffered. But to be clear: none of the religious practices of the Amish involve rape. The same weaknesses are present in many other similarly organized groups (see the ongoing scandals in the Catholic Church, less reported but similar patterns in southern Baptists, and even the military’s serious issues with sexual abuse). Singling out the Amish and claiming that something they’re deeply ashamed of is the focal point of their religion is textbook hasty generalization and hyperbole.

ska 5y ago
> Their authority-centered and closed culture has sheltered many abusers. This is a much broader phenomena I think; isolated communities with fairly centralized authority lend themselves to sheltering abusers.
- sparselogic 5y ago
  100%.