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Amish men ‘shunned’ after nationwide emergency alert outs them for having phones
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2023
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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?