I thought that this was odd, now I see the reason for it. He is not well thought of amongst his brothers and sisters. No one rushes to meet him when they arrive at the house. They rush to meet his wife, but not him.
Now parents are parents to good kids and bad whether they like it or not. If I had that many kids I would quite grateful if only one of them was/is a deviant. Also, the shame that the Duggars have over the episode is quite likely very deep. It's not something you talk about over coffee. Having had a relative who committed an offense in his youth, I assure you they were mortified, embarrassed and never brought it up.
Where has he demanded freedom from the consequences?
I answered a generalized question that you asked, based on your depiction of my logic...I have no idea whether Josh Duggar demanded any such thing...
If you were actually watching the show over the years.
it is indubitably true that I have never watched even one segment of the program...
Also, the shame that the Duggars have over the episode is quite likely very deep
I have no doubt that is true...and if it were true when the incident occurred, it is all the more curious as to why they felt the need to parade their family life as a sort of moral iconism, through the eye of public media...
Having had a relative who committed an offense in his youth, I assure you they were mortified, embarrassed and never brought it up.
I too had a relative who committed an offense (albeit nonsexual)...yes, it hurts to talk about it...
The "incidents" happened in 2002-2003, long before the TV series started in 2008.