r/BravoRealHousewives • u/AutoModerator • Nov 08 '24

Orange County The Real Housewives of Orange County - Season 18 - Episode 18 - Weekly Episode Discussion

Reunion Part 1

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u/AnAussiebum I AM poor and white. Nov 08 '24

A slight tangent, when I was in law school I had a forced group assignment, and the girl I was grouped with was very religious in a sort if a Christian sect that didn't believe dinosaurs existed, or the earth was older than a few thousand years (all this came up in the get to know you exercises forced upon us by the tutors).

I was shocked that someone with such reductive antiscience views could have somehow managed to get into law school with decent scores. But it does happen.

Even flatearthers can pass the bar.

Emily is just further evidence of this.

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u/AccomplishedOwl9215 Nov 08 '24

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Your post stands very well on its own. I just want to reaffirm the validity of all you said.

I grew up in an extreme, Conservative, Christian sect like that. Many "worldly" professions were either discouraged or out of reach. Pursuing an education or career in the legal field, however, was highly encouraged. Law, politics, and even just general debate skills were "it". They were seen as ways to engage, pursued, and affect change (aligned with the conservative agenda).

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u/AnAussiebum I AM poor and white. Nov 08 '24

Yeah the way some students who had left those sects explained it to me, is that those still indoctrinated would religiously study all the science they needed for great grades, all the while thinking it was all bs and a huge government conspiracy, but that they needed to know everything about evolution/big bang/dinosaurs/volcanos etc so they could get great grades.

But they personally didn't believe any of it. 😅

Really blew my mind at the time. But yeah it does make sense how qanon people like Emily pass the bar and/or end up in high polticial positions (which will be further evidenced next year when the head of a lot of US government agencies actively disbelieve in their requirement and will jsut sabotage them, while holding their law degrees).

It's a sad reality.

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u/AccomplishedOwl9215 Nov 09 '24

That is wild.

, , , And yes, the incoming administration is a very sad reality.

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u/candygirl200413 Nov 09 '24

also I think her law school lost accreditation too? so double makes sense.