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[deleted] t1_jamsmfo wrote

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PiffityPoffity t1_jancd9s wrote

That’s not feasible if someone works in a newsroom that writes about religious issues. You may as well tell an accountant to avoid discussing taxes.

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[deleted] t1_jancisb wrote

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PiffityPoffity t1_jandl7i wrote

OK. Clearly not the job for you, and no one with those requirements would ever be hired for it. Your personal comfort level isn’t all that relevant—the job necessitates commenting on religious practices. People who take the job take it knowing they may ruffle some feathers. Not everyone is completely conflict-averse.

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Double-Ad4986 t1_jamthwo wrote

i literally didn't even comment about the jewish religion itself, only about the yeshiva & then they literally went into a rant. i didn't even know anyones religion in the room.... honestly they were just projecting at that point...

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[deleted] t1_jamtyxt wrote

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Dudeman318 t1_jan3miz wrote

It sounds like OP didnt really have a choice. It sounds like it was a topic in a story they were going to cover.

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marishtar t1_jan0ihi wrote

You don't see how commenting on religious schooling is commenting on religion?

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Double-Ad4986 t1_janniqs wrote

i get it but i wasn't commenting on the religious aspect of the school. simply that they were violating a child's rights in this country by not teaching them basic reading and writing

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fuckyouimin t1_jaoss0c wrote

First of all, the claim that they are not being taught reading and writing honestly sounds politically manufactured to me. If all of your classes are called "Religious Brainwashing" and you read the bible all day every day and write essays about it, you might not have "Reading" and "Writing" classes, but you sure as hell are able to read and write. (And it doesn't sound like Hasids are graduating school unable to read and write, are they? Historically speaking, their communities tend to prioritize education and work mainly white collar jobs.)

So you took the absence of reading and writing classes and compared that to terrorists learning to blow people up. And now you wonder why people are looking at you side eye...? Hmm.

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Double-Ad4986 t1_jap625q wrote

omfg yall are SO obtuse. i wasnt comparing reading to terrorism i was saying leaving a culture to do as it pleases doesn't work out well. & it literally hasn't in these hasidic communities.

not to mention if you don't believe what the reports of these yeshivas are doing-you're just misinformed.

maybe if you believed in more critical thinking you'd be able to understand my original point.

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fuckyouimin t1_jap8r5c wrote

So tell me... are kids from yeshivas graduating being unable to read and write? I'm more interested in actual evidence, not "critical thinking".

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Double-Ad4986 t1_japci6j wrote

you better believe they are graduating that way. because they aren't being taught english—they're being taught hebrew only. maybe if you read a single article about it then you'd read that there's parents literally begging that their kids an education that teaches them english. many switch their kids to public school. the ones that don't get threatened by the community for wanting to.

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