The most striking thing about the Bernedo camp scandal is no longer the investigations opened for alleged crimes against sexual freedom, nor the judicial statements from minors who will present themselves as victims. The most disturbing thing is the reaction of 185 families who, instead of demanding clarity and guarantees to protect their children, have come out publicly to support the project and its organizers, as described by El Diario Vasco.
A closed support amid the investigation
In a letter sent to Euskadi Irratia, these families denounce the “harassment” and “accusations” against the camp, accuse the media of “magnifying” the facts, and even claim that they would choose these colonies again for their children. Their words seem to ignore that there are already judicial proceedings underway and concrete testimonies about abuses.
In their defense, they emphasize and thank the ideological foundations of the camp: the euskera, feminism, and the idea of turning every aspect of life—from hygiene to meals—into a “political space”. They even conclude with a militant message: “They will not confuse us with false, violent, and reactionary discourses. We are with you”.
Parents who legitimize perversion
That dozens of families align with a model that conceives the bodies of minors as a “political space” is a symptom of how ideology can cloud natural reason and paternal responsibility. Even more so when the camp’s own organizer boasted of wanting to “mariconize your children”.
Instead of being outraged and demanding explanations, many parents have preferred to build a wall of defense, as if it were an external attack on their cultural or political identity, rather than a very serious matter of child protection.
The price of ideological blindness
The reaction of these parents cannot be understood as simple naivety. It is a demonstration of how ideology becomes dogma, capable of justifying even the exposure of minors to environments that, in the best case, are of radical indoctrination, and in the worst, of abuse and perversion.