The truth in this family matter is was a crime committed and or was it covered up. Legalities come into play then.
If it can be determined that the tabloids/media are to blame for this development...then “shows on”.
Diverting the attention away from Josh is the name of the game here...
Frankly it should all just be forgotten...but many have a monetary stake in this family besides the family so it's going to keep being played out....and the family is willingly compliant....as they have been since the get go when they chose to exploit their family nationally and internationally as celebrities.
By his own admission Josh declared his behavior at the time and continues to do so today.
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Me: No, at the time, he hid his behavior and snuck into their bedrooms to molest them while they slept or fondled them while he distracted them by reading a book in order to escape detection. Today, he has no choice but to admit it.
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The truth in this family matter is was a crime committed and or was it covered up. Legalities come into play then.
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ME: Well, no, not the truth. Do you mean “the real issue....”? If so, I think it’s only part of the issue. The other parts include why didn’t the family protect their daughters and why is there a public effort to imply the daughters needed no protection from their molestor, and why should the molestor remain without legal consequences (e.g., sex offender registry) because he’s really really sorry (for molesting his 5 year old sister), and why should the Duggars retain their “role model status” in the public eye given that they have not admitted their failures and why don’t they seemt to care how their denial of their daughter’s abuse makes their daughters feel.
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If it can be determined that the tabloids/media are to blame for this development...then “shows on”.
Diverting the attention away from Josh is the name of the game here...
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ME: We agree that it this OP seems to be the game of diversion from Josh.
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Frankly it should all just be forgotten...but many have a monetary stake in this family besides the family so it’s going to keep being played out....
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ME: Can’t agree with you. If the DUggars hadn’t inked a book deal while knowing what lay in their family’s past, the eventual revelation of the abuse would not be on the national news and exposing their daughters to instrusive media etc.
I believe that whatever happens now should acknowledge their daughters trauma, the failure of the Duggars to protect their daughters (and the parents private, humble apology to the daugthers for this failure, the decision to put the family’s personal lives on TV as role models which further denied their abuse and exposed them to inappropriate intrustive reportage), the fact that Josh’s behavior toward his sisters is not normal or without conseuences and the registration of Josh in the sexual offenders registry because there isn’t a cure for those who molest children.
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....and the family is willingly compliant....as they have been since the get go when they chose to exploit their family nationally and internationally as celebrities.
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ME: Well said.