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88. Absolutely!

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146 replies	Author	Time	Post
Josh Duggar Admits Molestation, Resigns from Family Research Council [View all]	Novara	May 2015	OP
Well isn't he special! Gawd forgave him. Ask his victims if they do.	leftofcool	May 2015	#1
Apparently most of them are his sisters.	GeorgeGist	May 2015	#31
His sisters were raised to be sexual toys and forbidden to complain.	Kablooie	May 2015	#117
Is this one of those million-kids-in-the-family Duggars? nt	valerief	May 2015	#2
I second that question	proud patriot	May 2015	#5
Yep! nt	City Lights	May 2015	#6
What a fucking jerk.	longship	May 2015	#3
He was 14. What he did was wrong, but he had more courage in admitting this than many men	pnwmom	May 2015	#4
Interesting:	Novara	May 2015	#7
Courage? I don't think so.	Liberalagogo	May 2015	#9
He chose to come forward even though he wasn't being criminally prosecuted	pnwmom	May 2015	#11
AFTER the statute of limitations expired.	Liberalagogo	May 2015	#12
That is not entirely true. His secret was out...	Zenlitened	May 2015	#15
That was my first assumption	ToxMarz	May 2015	#20
He was 13 -14 while this was happening. For all we know, his victims were close in age.	pnwmom	May 2015	#23
It's so nice that people give these hateful people the benefit of the doubt,	6000eliot	May 2015	#27
I am NOT excusing the parents at all. I'm pointing out that this kid was 13-14 years old	pnwmom	May 2015	#29
His parents don't work for an LGBT hate group.	6000eliot	May 2015	#32
His parents taught him everything he knows. And they've donated money to	pnwmom	May 2015	#33
Last year his mother recorded robo-calls warning people that	dflprincess	May 2015	#90
YES YOU ARE	dbackjon	May 2015	#67
He was a younger teen; and brain development, including impulse control, continues	pnwmom	May 2015	#69
So he should get off scot-free?	dbackjon	May 2015	#71
How do you make that conclusion?	pnwmom	May 2015	#73
He can't be a pedophile, he was a child by law	adigal	May 2015	#132
He was 13 or 14 when it started...	PassingFair	May 2015	#48
The incidents occurred over the course of about a year, according to what I read. Do you have a link	pnwmom	May 2015	#60
Why are you so sure he stopped?	6000eliot	May 2015	#91
I'm not sure. I'm just asking for people to back up what they're saying. What I have read in	pnwmom	May 2015	#92
This is my last response:	6000eliot	May 2015	#96
I am defending the right of be children to be recognized as children.	pnwmom	May 2015	#97
Listen. I'm gay.	6000eliot	May 2015	#100
I'm not defending his work, or anyone else's work, for that organization.	pnwmom	May 2015	#101
What you are is history.	6000eliot	May 2015	#102
+1000	adigal	May 2015	#133
I, too, thought along the same lines you are expresssing	duhneece	May 2015	#140
Youngest of the alleged sister victims	AC_Mem	May 2015	#83
Do you have a link saying that the youngest who was molested was four? Just wondering,	pnwmom	May 2015	#85
Pnwmom, the guy was raised to believe that females are inferior beings...	countryjake	May 2015	#104
Thank you for the link countryjake.	pnwmom	May 2015	#105
What of his sisters, the 10yr old, the 9yr old, the 8yr old, the 4yr old?	countryjake	May 2015	#109
Yes, the girls knew it was wrong -- thank goodness. But I won't be surprised if it eventually	pnwmom	May 2015	#110
I said in my first reply, females as inherent inferiors is what he was taught.	countryjake	May 2015	#112
I haven't, till yesterday.	pnwmom	May 2015	#115
It always amazes me that even though we KNOW ... that abuse of minors begets abuse of minors	brett_jv	May 2015	#123
I think you nailed it in your last sentence.	pnwmom	May 2015	#126
This is why I'm disturbed by reactions here...I thought we were more educated	adigal	May 2015	#134
Those poor girls.	KristinDawn1088	May 2015	#107
you showed a bit of courage there yourself	Psephos	May 2015	#38
Thank you, Psephos.	pnwmom	May 2015	#39
I'd like to praise you also. I believe you're correct in not screaming for his blood....	BlueJazz	May 2015	#46
Thank you so much.	pnwmom	May 2015	#61
I'm pretty much on your side, pnwmom.	Stonepounder	May 2015	#47
I can't stand those parents and think narcissism is at the root of their whole family system.	pnwmom	May 2015	#66
molesting is not 'playing doctor'	douggg	May 2015	#84
Thank you for pointing this out. I'm stunned at the judgement of supposed liberals	adigal	May 2015	#131
This message was self-deleted by its author	Liberalagogo	May 2015	#8
my takeaway on this.....	dawnie51	May 2015	#10
Once a molester, always a molester	dbackjon	May 2015	#13
According to the reports, he was a young teen, and if he wasn't 5 years older than the victim,	pnwmom	May 2015	#63
One was 5 years old	dbackjon	May 2015	#65
Do you have a link for that? I haven't seen the victims or the ages clearly identified.	pnwmom	May 2015	#72
Based on the timeline one of them has to be	dbackjon	May 2015	#75
He was the oldest of many. Why are you assuming he raped the youngest?	pnwmom	May 2015	#77
He violated them in their genitals with his hand	dbackjon	May 2015	#78
I said that fondling is a serious crime. Please don't put words in my mouth.	pnwmom	May 2015	#81
Are you just trying to be argumentative and can't concede the point that you were wrong	dbackjon	May 2015	#82
Logic does not dictate that and neither does simple math.	pnwmom	May 2015	#86
Why are you so defensive and supportive of that asshole?	Owl	May 2015	#89
Right. Because asking for factual information is being defensive and supportive.	pnwmom	May 2015	#93
The police report was destroyed because one of his victims is still a minor.	StevieM	May 2015	#95
Do you know when it was destroyed? When the 3 year statute of limitations expired he had more than one	pnwmom	May 2015	#99
It was destroyed yesterday, as I understand it.	StevieM	May 2015	#106
She is not alone.	duhneece	May 2015	#141
So to protect women we have to protect the molesters?	dbackjon	May 2015	#144
These are our sons and our daughters	duhneece	May 2015	#146
So then pnwmom...	AC_Mem	May 2015	#113
No, I wouldn't allow that.	pnwmom	May 2015	#116
I do have to ask you, although I agree with 99% of what you say	adigal	May 2015	#136
I'm only vaguely aware of her situation, but I don't remember many DUers here condemning her.	pnwmom	May 2015	#145
Stop saying things that aren't true - sheesh, logic is scarce around here	adigal	May 2015	#135
Another repressed, hateful fundie asshole	tabasco	May 2015	#14
And Lena Dunham? What is her excuse? Nt	adigal	May 2015	#137
What is it, nineteen goddam children now?...	americannightmare	May 2015	#16
I thought it was weird that his wife looks exceptionally similar to his sisters	Heddi	May 2015	#17
You're saying that Josh Duggar actually said that LGBT people are pedophiles?	StevieM	May 2015	#28
I have no idea which clone-mouth those words came from. The asshole works for AFA	Heddi	May 2015	#30
Amen to that!	cheapdate	May 2015	#34
Are you angry about something I wrote in my post?	StevieM	May 2015	#35
Not angry with you!! angry that these hateful bigots are millionaires with tv shows	Heddi	May 2015	#36
Just like the Duck Dynasty inbreds.	Elmer S. E. Dump	May 2015	#45
The FRC's position is that homosexuality is linked to pedophilia.	riderinthestorm	May 2015	#40
Yup that is prett	avebury	May 2015	#143
Very Surprised	jaxind	May 2015	#18
I wonder if the "He is not a REAL Christian," no-true-Scotsman types will show.	Arugula Latte	May 2015	#53
Why is Bill Clinton in the last row of the photo?	Hoppy	May 2015	#19
Why do fundies have a smarmy look that makes you want to	Hoppy	May 2015	#21
Big article at Wonkette too	shenmue	May 2015	#22
Yes. And that article shows that the focus here on the actions of a 13-14 year old may be misplaced.	pnwmom	May 2015	#24
Uh, no. Not misplaced.	shenmue	May 2015	#25
You think the FOCUS should be on the individual 13-14 year old rather than his parents	pnwmom	May 2015	#26
ON both	dbackjon	May 2015	#68
Absolutely!	Owl	May 2015	#88
When you throw terms like "psychopath son" for the actions of a 14 year old	adigal	May 2015	#138
Thanks for the link n/t	underpants	May 2015	#129
Doesn't TLC vet there shows?	mackerel	May 2015	#37
And so it begins.The great unraveling of the Duggar family.	7wo7rees	May 2015	#41
By "counseling" he means he went to ALERT and his sisters went to Journey to the Heart,	LeftyMom	May 2015	#42
Something I've been wondering about with all of this...	Stryst	May 2015	#122
There was one other girl in the police report.	LeftyMom	May 2015	#125
Thank god this fine upstanding christian warrior	workinclasszero	May 2015	#43
So 'past mistakes' now become	rizlaplus	May 2015	#44
Does this mean that Babyhead Siblingdiddler will have to find another lobbying "job"?	Tom Ripley	May 2015	#49
Our yougest daughter (13) watches their show,,,	benld74	May 2015	#50
You could be a responsible parent	dbackjon	May 2015	#70
Because she DOESNT know about that part of them	benld74	May 2015	#74
They never should be exposed to that	dbackjon	May 2015	#76
cool off	treestar	May 2015	#114
thanks, coudnt seem to say anything right there	benld74	May 2015	#120
I wonder where he learned thät sort of behavior?	notadmblnd	May 2015	#51
Home schooled, no surprise	workinclasszero	May 2015	#52
Yeah, and I'll bet none of his victims ever got counseling either	Novara	May 2015	#54
WHAT? According to Wikipedia, he was 19 when he got married in 1984. How could he be a "teenager"	George II	May 2015	#55
I think it was Jim Bob Duggar who was 19 in 1984. Josh Duggar is Jim Bob's son. (eom)	StevieM	May 2015	#56
OH......gee, there are so many it's tought to keep track of them! (haha)	George II	May 2015	#57
Did law enforcement decline to prosecute	TexasBushwhacker	May 2015	#58
One of the victims was a babysitter, but the incidents were are all past the statute of limitations.	pnwmom	May 2015	#62
he brought a lot of his personal skills and beliefs to that organization	samsingh	May 2015	#59
This whole story is creepy.	hrmjustin	May 2015	#64
Another example of Huck's "persecuted Christians" n/t	TexasBushwhacker	May 2015	#79
Horrible man.	hrmjustin	May 2015	#80
The only good thing about Huckabee defending him is that he's kneecapped himself	davidpdx	May 2015	#103
He apparently has a lot of experience researching family. Now everyone needs counseling.	Gore1FL	May 2015	#87
The victims	hamsterjill	May 2015	#94
Huckabee sucks	greenfish	May 2015	#98
"Damn Josh, when we said 'family values' we didn't mean THAT!!!!"	4lbs	May 2015	#108
what about the victims? are they receiving counseling? they have to face their molester at	secondwind	May 2015	#111
"past teenage mistakes" yeah right. Makes it sound like a shoplifting incident.	yellowcanine	May 2015	#118
So. Completely. Predictable.	Matariki	May 2015	#119
Tip of the iceberg with that creepy family /nt	hopeforchange2008	May 2015	#121
ok I don't know these people from Adam	d_r	May 2015	#124
I'm just going to blurt this out, just cause I've long wondered ...	brett_jv	May 2015	#127
He was not a pedophile, he was a minor himself	adigal	May 2015	#139
Compulsive breeding for God	agent46	May 2015	#128
I'm glad for the exposure....	Novara	May 2015	#130
Many 14 year olds pedophiles are sitting in Juvenile Jails or adult prisons now - mostly minorities	Farmbrook	May 2015	#142

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