Shunning the school canoe? You'd better believe that's a-shunning!

The worst part was the hypocrisy. Well that and all the raping.

The man they mention in this article (Eli Yoder) regularly brings it up and confronts it.

He interviewed a woman one time who was raped by her brothers and she got in trouble right along with them for being “tempting” and not modest enough.

The abuse started when she was a small child.

They don’t go to the police when they catch people, they take them to the elders and punish them within the group. They usually just get shunned for a bit.

Wives regularly get blamed when their daughters are abused by their husbands. “You should do your wifely duties so he isn’t tempted.”

I’ve heard some wild stories watching this guy.

He really works hard to bring education and information to people who are trapped in that reality. He also provides resources and support when people want to escape.

NTA, you should leave your husband

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I have followed Eli on YouTube forever and I believe him.

He does all of the things he says he’s going to do. He films himself dropping packages (phones in plastic bags usually) to the Amish. He films the people he frees from the cult. He interviews people who got out regularly. He and I don’t see eye to eye on a lot of things (religious views, political views), but I trust what he says.

Some of the people he’s interviewed have made me raise my eyebrows, but he hasn’t.

I mean, your point is still valid, but I believe him.

Being shunned in Amish culture is VERY aggressive. You’re basically cut off from the community and family. You can’t get rides, you have to eat alone, etc. It’s pretty fucked up.

Mormons also have versions of this that are notoriously fucked up. Stay in line or lose contact with everyone you love.

Not all Amish view technology as entirely something against their religion. Peter Santenello has a bunch of great videos where he interviews Amish people and understands their culture. This is a good one on that topic: https://youtu.be/EgY1SVXiBrU?si=E2zTNOhQxm6Qcgff

My wife found my burner phone and now I can't go party

Why can no one on social media hold more than one thought in there head at a time?

I mean, a lot of Amish people probably meet that definition.

I like lemmy, but i miss reddits ability for useless hot takes to be downvoted into oblivion.

So many people here really do think their hard line, no context opinions hold value.

Something something forest, trees, shitty visibility. For fucks sake.

Yes absolutely.

Blocks keith@lemm.ee

Also there are a lot of different sects of Amish. On one extreme there are the Amish who use the internet with a few restrictions, and on the other are the Amish who won't touch anything that uses electricity. It's a broad society. They're pretty much all kinda shitty to women, but that's diverse too.

I've lived near a few Amish communities, and they're all a little different on what tech is present but it's safe to say they all have some.

Generally you'll see electricity and phone lines to a special building, they won't all have it but a few will. Lately they've ditched the landlines for cell phones, and they'll have their spouses put parental blocks on them.

The philosophy doesn't really change much, it's not about rejecting technology, it's about being self sufficient, and not relying on the outside world for anything. The phones are mostly for business. But they'll use them for Internet to get to Facebook and YouTube too.

It's also worth noting that the horse and buggy thing is pretty common but I've never met an Amish adult who didn't at last have access to a pickup truck.

They're too busy sexually assaulting the women to shun them.

I mean, they have electricity.

Amish aren't anti-technology across the board. They pick and choose, trying to prohibit what they feel weakens the community.

It's common for Amish to operate phones or computers for their businesses, they're just not allowed at home.