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tulipsandroses

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8. They are Mennonites - It is Plautdietsch - a Germanic language

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 08:18 PM

Mar 2025

Old Colony Mennonites migrated first to the Russian Empire, then to Canada, then to Mexico, fleeing government pressures to assimilate, according to Nolt. As economic conditions deteriorated in Mexico, some moved to such areas as Gaines County and other communities in Texas and nearby states in the 1980s and 1990s. All along, they have preserved their Low German dialect and other cultural distinctions.
https://religionnews.com/2025/02/27/who-are-the-mennonites-in-a-texas-community-where-measles-is-spreading/

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Parents of child that died from Measles still tell other parents not to vaccinate their children. [View all] tulipsandroses Mar 2025 OP

Parents unwilling to protect their children. AllyCat Mar 2025 #1

They should be charged with the murder of their child Meowmee Mar 2025 #2

Morons on camera mdbl Mar 2025 #3

What language is that? Baitball Blogger Mar 2025 #4

They are Mennonites - It is Plautdietsch - a Germanic language tulipsandroses Mar 2025 #8

What horrible, horrible human beings neverforget Mar 2025 #5

That's a special kind of stupid there. yourout Mar 2025 #6

Measles is gut for de de body- yeah buddy, so good your kid died. Blues Heron Mar 2025 #7

These Low Germans are following the advice of a local Texas redneck quack. Comrade Citizen Mar 2025 #9

Wow! The epitome of healthy White Supremacy genes. Wish I had a nuclear powerplant wastewater pond to drink out of. TheBlackAdder Mar 2025 #10

They should be tried for murder of their child and any other kids they influenced negatively. People like this dai13sy Mar 2025 #11

Parents should at least be charged with manslaughter for their own kid sakabatou Mar 2025 #12

Fairly early in my 45 year career as a peds NP, I came to feel that parenting... 3catwoman3 Mar 2025 #13