Oh, I won't be disagreeing with you on that at all. I just especially detest the way in which the Amish are presented as some quaint, simple group of morally adherent individuals, when they are just another religious cult with the same old religious cult problems.
They're not just a tight knit community - they are a purposely exclusionary, isolating religious group. They demand submission to elder men, and do everything they can to keep the literal status quo, including sketchy cover ups of inappropriate behavior.
I've never understood why they get a pass on this. Is it the beards and bowl cuts maybe?
