Posted on 12/17/2014 7:38:01 PM PST by Morgana
A petition urging TLC to cancel “19 Kids and Counting” over the political views of the Duggar family “won’t succeed,” according to family patriarch Jim Bob Duggar. In fact, he said recently, all of the attention around the effort is working in the family’s favor, giving the Duggars even more exposure.
The petition, which currently has more than 180,000 signatures, began as a response to the family’s recent comments against LGBT rights. It gained traction quickly and drew a lot of attention to some of the family’s recent activism.
But Jim Bob Duggar probably has good reason not to be worried about the petition: The effort to raise awareness about the family’s political views prompted its conservative supporters to launch a counter campaign, urging TLC to keep the show . A “Defend the Duggars” petition on LifeSiteNews currently has almost 210,000 signatures — more than the petition telling TLC to scrap the popular series.
In a speech to the Booster Banquet at Hannibal-LaGrange University late last month, Duggar said: “Our show is the number one show on TLC. We love everybody. It’s a small group creating this fuss. All it has done is give us more exposure. We’ve gained 50,000 Facebook fans last week.”
He added: “God is expanding our borders through the national media.”
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Looks like the D!p$&!ts at discovery/a&e/okra networks FAILED to learn from the The Ducks!
QUACK QUACK!
In a country with 315 million people in it, 180,000 is a drop in the bucket.
I remember that....I posted those here if you all recal!
Can I ask a stupid question?
Liberals tell us that we need to be tolerant and open and accepting of people who have various lifestyles.
Considering that, why is it that liberals are so intolerant of people like the Duggars??? Why are they so intolerant to the point where they want to censor them and force their show off the air?
Liberals also tell us that they oppose censorship, and that if we find TV shows objectionable, that we should change the channel. Why can’t they just not watch the Duggars show if they are offended by them? Why do they want to censor the show rather than change the channel??
Why are they clearly intolerant of the Duggars? What about liberal values of tolerance and open mindedness and respect for all lifestyles?????
A happy heterosexual family with lots of kids? No the libs can’t have that.
I have a stepdaughter that voted for the zer0 twice.
Her rationale ???
“My Ovaries and Gay Rights!”
Answer: Because liberals are selfish, arrogant jerks.
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