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yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
1. Oh they are criticing the media for ignoring Lena Dunum
Thu May 28, 2015, 02:50 AM
May 2015

Of Girls for having sex with her sister and not canceling "Girls". I guess it is to deflect attention off the Duggars and unto Lena for some reason.

durablend

(7,464 posts)
11. That, Michael Jackson, Woody Allen and...
Thu May 28, 2015, 08:35 AM
May 2015

Liberals in general, "the degenerates they are"

Still is enlightening that many people are waking up to their tactics of "deny", "deflection" and "God forgave, so there!" and not falling for it.

 

peecoolyour

(336 posts)
3. They are losing advertisers right and left and Discovery's stock is down 24%.
Thu May 28, 2015, 03:36 AM
May 2015

When the fuck does the self-correction kick in?

Hugin

(33,198 posts)
4. With 19 brainwashed kids they have a built in PR firm.
Thu May 28, 2015, 03:40 AM
May 2015

As for a spin-off, how many seconds do you suppose it would last until some wag rightly points out that it was the elder Duggar (among other less than righteous sorts) who enabled Josh's actions and then orchestrated an elaborate cover-up to protect him from justice. A justice that Dugger himself has strongly endorsed should have no mercy, I might add.

brer cat

(24,605 posts)
8. Good article, Solly Mack.
Thu May 28, 2015, 05:41 AM
May 2015

If any good is to come from this horrific situation, it would be public awareness of the proper treatment for both the perpetrator and victim(s). The Duggar's response was totally wrong.

Solly Mack

(90,785 posts)
9. It was so wrong. So horribly wrong.
Thu May 28, 2015, 05:54 AM
May 2015

What was scary for me was reading replies where people called it normal teen behavior. The "He was just curious" crowd.

I can't help but wonder what happened to them - or - what were they guilty of themselves?

LAGC

(5,330 posts)
7. Those are some "Grade A" Christian values on full display in that comments section.
Thu May 28, 2015, 05:31 AM
May 2015
Susanne says: Hogwash. NO ONE thinks that “pedophilia is just fine. That incest is normal. That those young girls don’t matter.” What Christians do think is that Josh Duggar, like the rest of us, is a sinner. He committed a horrible act against 5 children…but then he repented and asked Jesus, his family, and his victims to forgive him. He then committed his life to Jesus and there is no evidence that he has repeated his crimes.


Good to know that any aspiring rapist or murderer can just go ahead and savagely commit their brazen crimes knowing they can just turn around and "ask Jesus for forgiveness" and everything will just be swept under the rug.

Christianity rocks!!

LittleGirl

(8,291 posts)
10. some of the most disgusting comments I've read
Thu May 28, 2015, 06:03 AM
May 2015

from 'christians'. Ewww, I need a shower. I can't believe those people would actually say to forgive a child molester. What is this world coming to that incest and child molestation is forgivable?

Laxman

(2,419 posts)
12. What Are They Going To Do...
Thu May 28, 2015, 09:22 AM
May 2015

change the name of the show to "5 and Counting" ? When you think about it in retrospect, every episode of that show depicts a crime scene. I don't even want to get into the deeper questions of the cover up by the Duggars and the fact that molestation is generally a learned behavior and somewhere along the line Josh Duggar was likely subjected to, or exposed to that behavior by someone in or close to the Duggar family.

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