{"id":30266,"date":"2017-11-18T08:16:06","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T16:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=30266"},"modified":"2017-11-18T08:16:06","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T16:16:06","slug":"everyday-erinyes-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/18\/everyday-erinyes-101\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyday Erinyes #101"},"content":{"rendered":"

Experts in autocracies have pointed out that it is, unfortunately, easy to slip into normalizing the tyrant, hence it is important to hang on to outrage.\u00a0 These incidents which seem to call for the efforts of the Greek Furies (Erinyes) to come and deal with them will, I hope, help with that.\u00a0 Even though there are many more which I can’t include.\u00a0 As a reminder, though no one really knows how many there were supposed to be, the three names we have are Alecto<\/strong><\/span>, Megaera<\/span><\/strong>, and Tisiphone<\/span><\/strong>. These roughly translate as “unceasing,” “grudging,” and “vengeful destruction.”<\/p>\n

Less than two months ago, I included a story about a church leader<\/a> who was fleecing the state by telling members to file fraudulent unemployment claims in order to keep their “contributions” up.\u00a0 Well, this lovely church leader is back in the news again.\u00a0 This time it’s for kidnapping<\/a>.<\/p>\n

North Carolina\u2019s social services laws cite \u201cfamily preservation,\u201d so as to prevent \u201cunnecessary placement of children away from their families.\u201d Yet, many children have been taken from their families and put into the custody of church members. Thus far, three single mothers have come forward to allege a county court clerk bypassed the foster system so that church members were able to obtain custody of their children, despite a judge calling the conduct inappropriate.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A child advocate who visited the church to ensure that two foster children were safe was surrounded by members after “Pastor” Jane Whaley shouted from the pulpit, “You are here to cause strife!” and called her “wicked.”<\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing that is confusing for people in the community is how these children can be so well-behaved and so well-dressed if things are so bad,\u201d said John Huddle, who lost his children after be severed ties with the church. \u201cBut the clothing can cover the bruises and the smiles can hide the hurt.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hanky alert.<\/p>\n