OK, I have had it with the Duggars now
Crossposted at Politicook.netNo doubt that many of you have seen the Duggar family on one of the "educational" cable channels. The show tries to make them come off like a normal family.The show lies....
View ArticleSantorum supporter Michelle Duggar: Wife must obey husband
Is this a first on dailykos? I'm citing to a celebrity gossip site for this hilarious/horrifying report on the Jim Bob Duggar family's enthusiastic support for American Taliban Mullah Rick Santorum!The...
View ArticleRW "Family Values" Put to Use
The Duggar's support Santorum. Not that much of a surprise really, however, they apparently felt the need to express that support with a commercial. As a general matter I find the Duggars upsetting....
View ArticleVideo: The Duggars Say Cuccinelli, Jackson, Obenshain "really are exemplary...
Cross posted from Blue VirginiaI think the video speaks for itself, but just a few quick points.1. It's important to realize what the Family Research Council is - a hate group. That's right, according...
View ArticleLatest rightwing outrage: "Censorship" of 19 Kids & Counting - comments are...
The wacko rightwing evangelist have discovered another sign of the end times or at least the end of America as we know it... and this time, it happened right under their wacko rightwing evangelical...
View ArticleThe prurient god of the Duggars
Full disclosure. I never watched the Duggar's television show. Heard about it, of course. But the show's entire premise left me feeling nauseous. The focus on fertility and a constant state of...
View ArticleWhat it feels like to be the Duggar girls during this media storm. A view...
Disclaimer: I have no idea what the Duggars girls feel right now but I can offer an opinion on what it feels like to be a survivor of sexual abuse going through a media storm.I am the survivor of...
View ArticlePersecuted Christians
I've quoted this passage before, but I think it bears repeating.Some of the defenders of the Duggar family are saying that those mean ol' godless liberals are persecuting the Duggars because of their...
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How the Duggars and Right Wing Home Schoolers are Handling Sexual Abuse
One of the greatest reasons home school advocates give for home schooling is that the want to be closer to God. They want to move away from public sex ed. Evolution. And so many other harms in the...
View ArticleAdvanced Training Institute International
Heart and soul of the Duggars and their ilk.Centered around the last verse in the malevolent book of Malachi:And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to...
View ArticleA Definition of Duggary.
In response to Dan Savage's great idea, I'd like to propose a definition for Duggary: [Dugh-ar-ree] noun 1. To pay no attention to obvious child molestation and hope it goes away. "As the below chart...
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Did TLC witness the Duggar children being physically abused? (with a rod)
I guess I should say right off that I have always been interested in religion, practices, rituals, etc. I once thought of doing a graduate degree at Iliff School of Theology in Denver, and a few...
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Completely appropriate or tasteless?
I debated whether to post this or not.On the surface, it's completely innocent. Obviously, in light of recent news it takes on a different vibe.On the other hand, at least half of those pictured have...
View ArticleThe Duggars-Why are we surprised?
The so-called "quiverfull" movement potentially subjects women to spending their entire adult lives pregnant, wearing out their bodies, and dying young.This practice treats married women as less than...
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Duggars, Gays, and the Ick Factor
Like any other Progressive with a brain and a gag reflex, I'm beyond horrified at what Josh Duggar did and at the Duggar family's crying, lying, ignorant, blind-eyed, careless, woe-is-us, spin-making,...
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Texas Republican Bill Zedler, famous for being an idiot, ups the ante on idiocy
Braintrust Texas state Rep. Bill Zedler (R-Arlington) tweeted Wednesday an interesting theory on why the Duggar family has been getting all this flack from the "left."Standards. Bill Zedler has a...
View Article90 years for touching children thru clothing
Conservatives are now claiming that touching children through clothing is no big deal. Maybe they will call for a review of the case of Gunther Fiek, serving 90 years without possibility of...
View ArticleDuggary - a useful new word
Hey kids, it's time for a new series of educational music videos - here's one about a great new word that will come in handy for all sorts of examples of rightwing sanctimonious hypocrisy . . .
View ArticleAn Ex-Fundie on Why Fundie Victims Defend their Abusers
What I have to say as an ex-fundie who survived childhood sexual abuse in the church by no means is meant to defend the Duggar sisters, Jessa and Jill, in their defense of their Brother Josh Duggar who...
View ArticleThe Duggars are Raising a Fresh New Batch of Bigots
As the world grows more hi-tech and labor markets more globally competitive, a generation of conservative White Christians are homeschooling their kids in preparation for "The Rapture." Their...
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