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joenphillips t1_iwsjurv wrote

Reply to comment by bikinireef in In Swartzentruber Amish communities when you purchase a casket you get a matching rocker. So you buy it for life and for death by Yosemite_Scott

There is absolutely no evidence to back that up other than some random reporter with anonymous sources.

Their actual rates are far lower than the general population.

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RedStateBlueStain t1_iwss38i wrote

>There is absolutely no evidence to back that up other than some random reporter with anonymous sources.

Can confirm. Grew up with Amish, and, as a whole, they are the most kind, decent, wholesome people you'll ever meet.

Did I meet a few asshole Amish? You betcha. In that regard, they're just like any other sector of society. So, I'm sure there's isolated incidents of sexual abuse, just like any other sector of society. But it definitely isn't rampant, because the vast majority of them are the type to best the shit out of anyone engaging in such behavior.

Can also confirm that, in fact, nearly all our their children don't attend school after the 8th grade. But the Amish kids my age were smarter in 8th than the majority of people I graduated with. So, nothing lost there...

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evilted t1_iwstl5g wrote

Not big on their puppy mills. They can fuck off.

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RedStateBlueStain t1_iwswqjn wrote

>Not big on their puppy mills. They can fuck off.

Raising dogs isn't strictly an Amish endeavor.

Obviously, people wanna buy dogs, or why else would anyone, not just the Amish, raise them?....maybe the target of your ire should be the people shelling out money for dogs, not the people raising the dogs to fulfill a demand?

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JAK3CAL t1_iwszpif wrote

Just worked with amish on my property. Does limited interactions reveal deep underlying issues? no... but they sure seemed happy. really enjoyed talking to them and their perspectives

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