Carlos Solís@communities.azkware.net to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoAmish men ‘shunned’ after nationwide emergency alert outs them for having phoneswww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up1296arrow-down117cross-posted to: weirdnews@real.lemmy.fanworldnews@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1279arrow-down1external-linkAmish men ‘shunned’ after nationwide emergency alert outs them for having phoneswww.independent.co.ukCarlos Solís@communities.azkware.net to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square27linkfedilinkcross-posted to: weirdnews@real.lemmy.fanworldnews@lemmy.ml
minus-squareCoasting0942@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down6·2 years agoThe real shunning was not turning off emergency alerts, or having phones turned off when you don’t need then. But blaming Amish for being tech illiterate is like blaming a baby, so funny and sad it is.
minus-squareHardlightCereal@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·2 years agoEh, half the reason Amish hate phones is that they’ll infect the community with newfangled ideas like respecting women and gay marriage, so I feel very comfortable laughing at them for their willful ignorance.
minus-squareI_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoDon’t forget “not molesting children.” https://www.npr.org/2020/01/19/797804404/investigation-into-child-sex-abuse-in-amish-communities
minus-squareHardlightCereal@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoThe title says it’s about child sexual abuse, but the transcript only shows discussion of abuse of women. Why is that?
The real shunning was not turning off emergency alerts, or having phones turned off when you don’t need then.
But blaming Amish for being tech illiterate is like blaming a baby, so funny and sad it is.
Eh, half the reason Amish hate phones is that they’ll infect the community with newfangled ideas like respecting women and gay marriage, so I feel very comfortable laughing at them for their willful ignorance.
Don’t forget “not molesting children.” https://www.npr.org/2020/01/19/797804404/investigation-into-child-sex-abuse-in-amish-communities
The title says it’s about child sexual abuse, but the transcript only shows discussion of abuse of women. Why is that?