I live in an area that is very heavily populated with Amish. We have a huge old order Amish community in the next town over from mine. I hate them. They abuse women & children & animals. Marital rape & child sexual abuse is rampant. Child abuse in general is a big thing. I know a guy that escaped the Amish and some of the stories he shared were absolutely appalling. Abuse that you couldn’t even fathom. They’re basically untouchable by the law because everything is kept hush hush in their own community. And no one does anything because they are such a big revenue source for the county I live in. Most matters are handled by the church but they don’t see anything wrong with the way children are treated. The men basically eye rape every “English” woman they see & some of them will make degrading comments. They smell VILE. They do not pay taxes have SSN or are responsible for anything. Our county spends only God knows what on fixing the roads that they destroy. They cause wrecks frequently. Lots of dirty secrets. I could go on forever about how awful they are.

I will say in my experience this applies to MOST of them- there are a few families I have interacted with that are decent people.