On reddit: "(NYC) I am being harassed by the orthodox Jewish 'police' in my home. This has been going on for almost 2 years since I moved in. I am at my wits end, what can I do to stop it?" NYPD refuses to help in any way, and landlord sides with aggressors

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[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

Reading this left me a bit flabbergasted. I've never heard of anything like this before. NYC is so ridiculous.

[–]Mnemonic 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

Searching 'NYC orthodox child molesting' would flabbergast you even more, most Israeli see the orthodox as 'the worst'.

Extreme/Orthodox of any religion has severe problems with the homosexuality (unless it's a holy man diddlydooing the young boys), they probably have a lot of money/power/real estate in that sector, it's probably not the police officers themselves who are reluctant, but higher-up orders.

[–]magnora7[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It just cracks me up in the story that they're mad at the guy for being gay, but they're all on Section 8 government housing stipends! lol

Also do they really have nothing better to do than harass this guy all day? These individuals seem like real losers lol. But I do wonder a bit if maybe it's made up or exaggerated.

Also notice how the subreddit mods on reddit locked the thread even though the issue wasn't resolved.

[–]Mnemonic 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

But I do wonder a bit if maybe it's made up or exaggerated.

I get harassed in certain parts of town because I have long hair, religious people can be that pitty especially if it's their only identity because they close themselves of for the rest of the world.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't doubt it's possible or even likely, I just wonder what the story would be from their perspective.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Maybe they are jealous and don't look good with a buzz cut. Thankfully only one of those is true for me.

[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I think the "Orthodox" thing is more of a coincidence in naming / beliefs of the particular groups you're thinking about, considering that "orthodox" is an antonym of "extreme"…

[–]Mnemonic 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Well under extreme I was thinking along the lines of which more 'adult'-conversions fall under, they are more extreme than the group they want to belong to.

I know this with moderate Christians, around the age of 35+ there are some males who join in our town church group (to get lucky with the ladies) and start doing all the voluntary work like flyering and pestering people in the bar / shops and market about their new found believe untill they sudenly quit or find a breeding partner. This behavior includes sudden homophobia even though the Church they belong to is very welcoming with homosexuals.

Orthodox usually means strict adherence to the 'old' rules.

So they have overlapping behaviors in the sense of pestering and judging 'others' especially all the sand-religions considering homosexuals.

[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Any converts of a religion with even a smidgen of a mention of proselytisation will probably… erm, enthusiastically attempt to convert others, since they feel that it's important enough to convert that they did so in the first place. Selection bias 101.

But the definition of "orthodox" you've given as pertains to religion, as opposed to dictionary, does make your original comment make much more sense.

[–]Mnemonic 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ah I see after looking it up:

  • (of beliefs, ideas, or activities) considered traditional, normal, and acceptable by most people: orthodox treatment/methods orthodox views/opinions

  • (of religious people) having more traditional beliefs than other people in the same religious group: orthodox Christians/Jews/Muslims