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AnacharsisIV t1_janjan7 wrote

Reply to comment by arrogant_ambassador in Ban Corporal Punishment in Private Schools, New York Lawmakers Say by _Maxolotl

Ok, but... shouldn't someone be receiving negative attention for abusing children?

Why is it the NYT's job to promote anyone's livestyle? What do you believe the purpose of journalism is in a civil society?

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arrogant_ambassador t1_janjq6u wrote

I believe the NYT is not objective in its reporting when it comes to the Hasidic community and has made it a goal to highlight as many social ills as possible within it.

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AnacharsisIV t1_jank267 wrote

Do you believe the NYT is objective in its reporting of any other religious movements and/or cults?

Again, we agree that there is child abuse in Hassidic run Yeshivas, correct? It's happening and the NYT is not fabricating that.

Is the NYT required to, say, publish an article about how Jim Jones was a crusader for civil rights and equality among African Americans? Do we have to have a puff piece on Tom Cruise for every article about Scientology's forced labor?

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arrogant_ambassador t1_janlbsw wrote

I don’t much care to philosophically debate the benefits of objective journalism when people’s lives are at stake. You’re also showing a profound bias by stating that Hasidic Judaism is a cult.

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AnacharsisIV t1_janm14a wrote

I said "religious movement and/or cult." Considering it's properly referred to as the "Hassidic Movement" I assumed that'd be relatively uncontroversial. It's literally a spiritual revival movement, from which both cults and non-cults have originated.

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trowaynyc t1_jaoa58p wrote

It is a reporters Job to report on things like this.

Other religions like islam and christianity are ridiculed almost constantly in pop culture. Do not act like criticism of child abuse is “anti-semitism”

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trowaynyc t1_jaoa6o8 wrote

It is a reporters Job to report on things like this.

Other religions like islam and christianity are ridiculed almost constantly in western culture. Do not conflate criticism of child abuse to “anti-semitism”

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