Palin writes that she is “not defending the Duggar boy’s obvious wrongdoing” and that she is “not an apologist for any sexual predator”.
She was doing good until she just had to throw in that "but".
She didn’t “Defend” the family, she is pointing out the hypocrisy in the media and she is right..BOTH should be treated the same, Lena Dunham is a pervert who molested her little sister and wrote about it and seemed to have enjoyed every minute of it. Josh Duggar did horrible things to his sister, if you want to pass judgment on one and not the other that is wrong..both are equally despicable..but of course the media has their own agenda here..a liberal child molester is treated with cheers and a TV show on HBO, and that is because liberals have no morals
Palin writes that she is “not defending the Duggar boy’s obvious wrongdoing” and that she is “not an apologist for any sexual predator”.
She was doing good until she just had to throw in that "but".
Get your kicks on Fox News Meagyn Springer’s new pedophile freak reality show about the Duggers.
lets see, the guy KNOWS he did wrong, but the pig insists it did NOTHING wrong... and they don't see the difference?What a 15 year old Josh Duggar did was a “wrongdoing.”
What a seven year old Lena Dunham did was “sexual assault.”
source the lefty Guardian...of course they’ll throw out lies about what Sarah Palin actually said.
Such actions by a 14 year old are quite different from those by an older teen or adult. And really, really different when by a 7 year old.
Let’s try to keep something vaguely resembling perspective on this.
The seven year old is a pedophile, but a teenager was just mistaken.
Yes, Brilliant Mrs Palin, any kind words for Dennis Hastert or Mark Foley?
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And so it is not lost, I want to repeat something: There is no dispute that, after his first confession to his parents, Josh repeated his crimes at least twice. Jim Bob and Michelle knew what their son had done, knew what he was capable of doing, and still failed to protect their own daughters.
This is not a small matter. This is everything.
Also inexcusable is the Duggars inconceivably selfish decision to hide this giant, neon family skeleton from the world as they spent years fabricating the false front of an ideal conservative and Christian family, and from behind that false front, sought fame, and national political and cultural influence.
Let’s stipulate that the release of Josh Duggar’s juvenile record was wrong, and that whoever is behind the leak should be punished. Juvenile records are sealed for a reason — a very good reason, and this breach was almost certainly motivated by personal animus and/or partisan political purposes.
Let’s also stipulate that the media double standard in its coverage of Josh Duggar’s admitted molestations, and its non-coverage of Lena Dunham’s disgusting (and admitted) sexual behavior towards her younger sister, is every bit as hypocritical and unjust as Governor Sarah Palin laid out in her superb Facebook post Thursday.
The world is not just.
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Simply put, the Duggar family, including Josh, have every right to move past this and live their lives. It would have been just as appropriate, and even a plus for our culture and Christianity, had the Duggars pursued fame and cultural status after going public about what Josh did, and to have used that experience as part of the narrative of their Christian family.
That is not what the Duggars did.
Jim Bob and Michelle not only failed to protect their daughters from a son they knew was a sexual predator, through a lie of omission, they selfishly chose not to protect the Christian cause, people they call friends, and even the fate of the country from the all-too predictable consequences of that lie being uncovered.
As far as Josh Duggar, setting aside his horrific juvenile crimes, what kind of man worries enough about his serial-molestations being exposed to the point of legal action but still accepts a high-profile executive position at an organization like the Family Research Council?
Not a very good one.