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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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Yeah that's bullshit. I live in a very very Amish area and I'm one of the minority who aren't Amish. Most of what people think about them is bullshit. So to hammer a few rumors out:
Electricity is a tool, and you're allowed to have tools in the barn, but not in the house.
A home phone/cell phone is a tool, it can be in the barn but not the house.
A car is a tool, but a photograph is vain. You can own a car but someone who isn't Amish has to drive it.
They all have cell phones, debit cards, vans, refrigerators, etc. They're just super picky about what gets to come inside the house
I also have friends in Amish and Mennonite communities in southern and northern Ontario.
Each community and group is unique to every other. Some are strict Orthodox and some relax the rules .... and some are so normal looking and acting that you wouldn't know they were Amish or Mennonite unless they told you.
My favorite are the thuggy Mennonites in southern Ontario. They drive around in brand new all black decked out SUVs (minus the chrome because you to show some humility), wear super clean black brimmed hats, sharp clothes and beautiful black leather jackets. Famously a few of them were caught smuggling coke and other drugs from Mexico.
They may have the fear of God in their hearts ... but they're just as greedy and worldly as any of us.
I’m in Ontario. I’ve never heard the term “thuggy Mennonite” but it’s fucking perfect.
We saw some thuggy Mennonites in the northern corner of PA this summer. Super nicely pressed shirts and suspended pants.
Most of them appeared to be looking down toward my scruffy family (who had just rolled out of a campsite and just wanted breakfast).