tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post6877867331880766464..comments2024-03-25T09:01:20.997-07:00Comments on Diary of an Autodidact: Hate Groups and Why They MatterDiary of an Autodidacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-58176073083197242492017-10-23T14:55:53.025-07:002017-10-23T14:55:53.025-07:00Thank you for being willing to remove your childre...Thank you for being willing to remove your children from a toxic situation. My parents weren't...& I'm still learning to truly believe that my needs are legitimate; I still damage myself physically & emotionally sometimes because of what that trauma & all the following traumas, so many of which could have been avoided if my parents had simply left those churches.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06482424932595372729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-4817814085483749652017-10-20T10:27:35.623-07:002017-10-20T10:27:35.623-07:00Well put. Well put. Diary of an Autodidacthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-32973885980984217272017-10-20T06:06:43.290-07:002017-10-20T06:06:43.290-07:00Tim,
I did the same thing: left American conservat...Tim,<br />I did the same thing: left American conservative Protestantism and took my spouse and kiddo with me. It hasn't been easy. The sense of having been betrayed by something that I had given my whole _life_ to is a very hard thing. I spent so much time and energy and money on what has been revealed as mainly toxic dust and ashes -- time and energy and money that could have been put to much better use. But, in the end, I saved my spouse and kiddo from experiencing that same betrayal.otminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18024428875536064642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-54739111924163003602017-10-19T10:35:37.476-07:002017-10-19T10:35:37.476-07:00It has been pretty traumatic. This was the only ch...It has been pretty traumatic. This was the only church my kids knew. During this last year, their friends have been bullied, threatened with deportation, called racial slurs, and so on. Perhaps hardest is that many people we thought were friends couldn't see why this was a betrayal (both on the local level with our church and nationally with the election.) Fortunately, others have been amazing. You find out who people are, I guess. Diary of an Autodidacthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-87760463506640155062017-10-17T19:03:05.939-07:002017-10-17T19:03:05.939-07:00You are more than correct in all your assumptions....You are more than correct in all your assumptions. Yesterday I read that Trump told someone not to talk about LGBTQ to Pence because "he wants to hang them all". What a terrible thing to wish for. Pence and his over pious Christian persona, expressing death wishes to a portion of the population which has never done him wrong. <br />My husband left Christianity, my grown children are agnostic and will attend holiday services if threatened with no food. <br />The FRC, late employer of the oh so Christian Joshua Duggar and the AFA are totally hate groups. <br />The elected narcissist, I hope will be chastened severely and hopefully legally, when Mueller opens his Pandora's box. Wonder if they serve Big Macs and Diet Coke in prison?<br />Love your book reviews and it seems like Bkfld has a burgeoning arts scene. Enjoy!amulbunny's random thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10621932038345682056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-84589980808675413422017-10-17T17:36:59.090-07:002017-10-17T17:36:59.090-07:00All this is clearly very hard on you. Thank you fo...All this is clearly very hard on you. Thank you for taking the time and effort to write about it.Nemohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00700748083153827583noreply@blogger.com