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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2015 10:47:00 GMT -4
It looks like the tactic TLC went with is to throw Josh under the bus: LINKI get the impression that Josh was never popular with his siblings. I think the molestation had more of an impact on this family than Michelle and Jim Bob and Jessa and Jill would have everyone believe. Privately within the confines of their own hearts and minds, I don't think he was truly forgiven by everyone. Anna had established close bonds with them by the time the Ashley Madison scandal broke, so many of them are Team Anna. I think her appearance on the show and continued presence in Arkansas might have more to do with love and support from Amy and the siblings than Jim Bob's attempts to keep her from divorcing his beloved first son. Jim Bob isn't Team Anna or Team Josh. He's Team Money and Josh and Anna's marriage will remain in limbo until he figures out the most profitable path to take. Meanwhile, Michelle, as always, is Team Denial.
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Post by azaleaqueen on Dec 12, 2015 18:41:29 GMT -4
JimBob is on Team Money and Michelle is on Team Nuts.
I can't help wondering if some of this molestation stuff has gone on involving the other boys. If it has, it'll never be made known.
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Post by Smilla on Dec 16, 2015 8:23:29 GMT -4
I've gone from praying Anna Duggar gets the hell out to (seriously) praying the rest of the family faces a meaningful investigation from CPS (don't think that's happened recently, has it?). Those kids, especially the younger ones, need to be in a safe environment and The Compound is really, really not it.
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Post by azaleaqueen on Dec 16, 2015 12:09:20 GMT -4
I doubt CPS would find anything usable. Nothing improper would be in sight. Not to say it isn't there, they just wouldn't find it.
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Nysha
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Post by Nysha on Dec 16, 2015 14:30:09 GMT -4
Unless the little ones have unexplained bruises and/or tell the investigator they were molested, CPS would never remove them from the compound.
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Post by Hamatron on Dec 16, 2015 20:52:56 GMT -4
Jim Bob and Michelle are looking into adopting baby #20: LinkSo, what do you guys think? New avenues for their baby hoarding addiction? PR move? Big talk for something that probably won't happen? Also, isn't their church against adoption because children carry the trauma of having shitty parents who didn't want them/had them out of wedlock/didn't get or stay married/are heathens who will burn in hell forever?
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Post by azaleaqueen on Dec 16, 2015 21:11:22 GMT -4
So what ind of strings are they going to pull to get a baby at their ages? They're not about to take a handicapped one. I can't imagine them taking an older child because they only care about infants.
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Post by Ladybug on Dec 16, 2015 21:38:37 GMT -4
Unless the little ones have unexplained bruises and/or tell the investigator they were molested, CPS would never remove them from the compound. The kids are programmed to distrust and fear strangers outside their cult, so I'm sure they'd be too terrified to actually tell a social worker anything bad about their family. Jim Bob and Michelle must be going through serious fame and attention withdrawals if they are considering adoption.
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Post by thneed on Dec 16, 2015 22:17:39 GMT -4
I thought their religion didn't believe in adoption. Oh well, it's not like this particular hypocrisy even cracks the top 10. And of course they'll get a child. They're basically an industry in rural AR and plenty of people respect them.
The bigger issue for me isn't their ages but the fact that ONE OF THEIR CHILDREN MOLESTED FOUR OF THEIR OTHER CHILDREN AND THEY SHIELDED HIM FROM JUSTICE FOR YEARS. For anyone else, that would be an automatic deal breaker. But I bet TLC loves this. People like the Duggars because of the cute babies. And the wholesome family come to life, with all those wholesome smiling kids, helping each other and never having any problems. The two older daughters can only have so many at a time. So of course the mother is going to go back to what made her popular in the first place. It's like Josh never even happened.
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Post by Smilla on Dec 17, 2015 11:43:46 GMT -4
I'm in the "big talk about something that will never happen" category on the adoption report. I just can't believe they would ever want to adopt a child enough to actually do it. I also don't buy they will be able to convince anyone to relinquish a child to their care. TLC can do all the damage control it wants, nothing will be able to undo what we learned about their true (read: criminal) natures.
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