EPISODE 309 THE UNITE STATES IS A COMPLICATED COUNTRY: THE AMISH
alan skeoch
April 2021
TODAY, April 2021, we have a tendency to see Americans as either Democrats or Republicans…as either supporters of Joe Biden or
Donald Trump. As a land where some people believe the carrying of weapons is a constitutional right while others see the packing
of a hand gun as symptom of madness. A land where
hate trumps love.
The United States is just not that simple. Three decades ago our family visited rural friends in central Ohio where the population of
Amish people is larger than the population of non-Amish people. These visits underscored just how complicated American life can be.
The Amish eschew modern technology. They try to live separate from the larger society. Fascinating. Perhaps a relief from the climate
of hatred that seems to prevail today. I am not sure where they stand on he gun issue…nor the black/white issue…nor the immigration issue…nor
the immigration issue. They are just different…withdrawn perhaps but that is hard to assume.
They live in a simplified world of heir own. Perhaps we need this as a distraction from the angry society we seem to see on television every day.