Originally Posted by Stanky:
Originally Posted by Contendah:
Originally Posted by Stanky:
I'm not a fan of unreality shows so I don't know a Dugger from a doughnut. I will say that child molestation should not be tolerated in society, but the person who copped a feel of his sisters was also a child at the time. I thought the reason that juvenile records are illegal to be released to the public is that children will often grow out of such things.
I will also say that in my opinion that people who enjoy the public humiliation of others are some of the lowest lifeforms on earth and are only exceeded by those who would profit emotionally and/or financially from such lowbrow "journalism". Muckraking is a fine tradition if the reason is to point out graft and malfeasance, not better'n thou personal gratification.
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So in our opinion the press should avoid printing anything that challenges the Duggar model of "wholesomeness"?
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The press should at least use properly attained legal documentation and only after finding some reason other the titillation of the moronic self righteous masses who only want to destroy those they don't like. If there was reason to suspect that Josh Duggar was still the perverted cretin as he was when he was younger, then he's fair game. Let me ask this, should the Fourth Estate open up a hunting season on all children of celebrities and politicians or just the ones you don't like? I suspect that some of the Kennedy clan's children would provide some entertainment to others with your sanctimonious attributes on the "Right" side of the fence.
There is nothing new about parents trying to do what they feel is best for their children and I suspect that the Duggars thought that this was the best way to handle their child's problem.
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The "best way" to handle the kind of problem the Duggars had was not the legal way, and as it turns out, it was a very dubious way, seeing that one of the counselors they placed him with has been convicted of child ****ography. And do not assume that children always "grow out of such things." Very often, "such things" continue and escalate into worse things and the way to head that off is to seek approved professional help, not the aid of some person without proper credentials and training.
The Duggars continue to misrepresent what happened between Josh and his female victims. Police records contradict their assertions:
<<<<The magazine In Touch Weekly, which broke the story of the Josh Duggar child molestation incidents and obtained key documents under the Freedom of Information Act, noted on Thursday that while the Duggar parents told Fox News that they completely cooperated with the police investigation of the sex abuse cases, police reports show the opposite.
“Jim Bob refused to produce Josh for a police-requested interview and stopped cooperating with the probe,” in December of 2006, telling Springdale, Arkansas, police that he had hired a lawyer and would not, himself, grant an interview to police, the magazine reported.
The political site Talking Points Memo also uncovered other apparent lies by the Duggar parents.
Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar told Fox that their daughters, who were the victims of the inappropriate sexual touching by the then-teenage Josh Duggar, did not even know what had happened because Josh had molested them when they were asleep.
But in 2006, Jim Bob Duggar (referred to as “James” in the police documents) himself told police that at least one of the girls woke up while her older brother “was taking her blanket away,” TPM pointed out.
In addition, one victim told police in 2006 that Josh was reading to her when he pulled down her pants and touched her in a way that “felt weird,” indicating that at least one victim was aware of what was going on and knew that it was wrong.
According to earlier reports, Josh molested his then-5-year-old sister while he was reading to her.
http://www.inquisitr.com/21476...#DbH4bSZO0Mf73pqq.99
The attempt by the Duggars to minimize the extent of Josh's offenses is apparent when their version of the matter is compared with police records. The paper trail and the Duggar tale just don't match.