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[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wait, what? I have a feeling I was better off being ignorant.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 2 years ago

Part of mainstream Amish theology is basically that it's the job of the community to handle people sinning, not outsiders, and after rape has been "handled" by a period of shunning it's basically forbidden for community members to not re-embrace them, including their victim.

Fucking nightmare for the victims, for obvious reasons.

[–] motorwerks@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But also, & more likely as suggested above, a Norm MacDonald joke. See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljaP2etvDc4

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