RE: [Family Protection] Building Defenses
This is all quite true. I read a post today on Facebook that shed a little more light on the Turpin family situation. The timing of it seems a little off. You see, California had just lost a lot of federal money because a large population of families had pulled their kids from school over 100% mandatory vaccines to attend public school. And so these parents had decided to homeschool their kids, so CA lost some money and needed a way to get people to see that homeschool is horrible. International media attention on a crazy homeschool family is the way to go. A media feeding frenzy. These kids who had never been outside, yet had pictures at Disneyland, Universal and other places. I don't know what really happened with this family but if mainstream media is broadcasting it far and wide, you kind of have to stop and think about why they're doing that... Anyway, I agree with your post. Disciplining out in public is a huge no-no now. People are just out to report what they think looks like abuse and it's sad. Thanks for putting this together. I always enjoy your posts!
I absolutely agree! Something is not right about this story. It seemed fishy to me from the very first time I read it. I don't think that this extreme level of abuse could have possibly gone on unnoticed for so many years. It seems to all be a ploy to turn the public against homeschooling, or to weasel their ways into our private lives and private homes.
Yes so true! They said the 29 year old looked so malnourished that they looked like a 10 year old. Wouldn't the other members of the extended family have noticed - they had seen them within the last few years, right? And the Disney pictures would have pointed that out. We haven't seen any "current" photos of these people, have we? Being in Panama, I have to rely on whatever pops up on my Facebook feed or msn if it happens to be open. Or I have to go looking for it, which I don't do. Yes, definitely a plan to get more into our lives and control just a little more of our "freedoms."
You're right. I think it's just an act of desperation to sway public opinion. A closer look at the "facts" presented shows way too many inconsistencies. However, it does not change the fact that there are also families going through terrible ordeals that may not be as bad as pictured here but similarly BAD.
Yes, it all seems odd right. Too many unknowns at this point.
I wouldn't be surprised at all if this story isn't in the very least being manipulated for the purpose of grabbing the homeschoolers back into the mandatory vaccine trap. Whether the family was abusing their kids or not I certainly can't tell from here, but there is such a mess of outrage and crazy details that I suspect very little of what we are hearing is anything like reality. I just don't trust media reporting at this point and there are so many agendas which can come into play when you mention large homeschooling Christian family...in California!
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It is so crazy that we can't trust the media to report the truth anymore. Crazy and sad. It doesn't line up or make sense...
I know. And what they don't realize is how much we would appreciate if they would act like reporters and just REPORT instead of trying to manipulate all the time. No one likes being manipulated!
Your analysis is on point and seems very logical and applicable. Seriously, that was the only thing that came to mind when I heard of this story. I can't for sure know what exactly happened with this family, and I can't see beyond my nose on this matter, but one thing I
am pretty certain about is that The government is feeding negativity to the public in large doses to cause people to frown against homeschooling. Homeschoolers better be extra careful.
Amen. Homeschoolers always have to be careful but now the heat is really going to be turned up. It really made me feel sick when I first heard about this story, and the sad thing is I wasn't even as sickened by the story as by what is going to be done because of it. This story isn't going to save kids. It's going to victimize MORE of them. I am simply praying very hard it isn't mine.