Anonymous wrote:We can deal in hypotheticals all day long or we can take the word of the now adult victims. Instead we are doubting them and calling them stupid and brainwashed. How kind.

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Anonymous wrote:The reason why the molester needs to be prosecuted is to stop them from repeating their actions. A victim often feels it was only them being abused, but it's not about the victim, it's about the abuser. Five victims for Duggar. Bill Cosby started with one victim, now numerous have come forward. Sandusky at Penn Stand numerous victims. I saw on TV the Brown daughters, the father was abusing 3 of the five kids and each thought they were the only one being abused for years. The reason it is so important to come forward and prosecute is so that there are no more victims. I recall a famous gymnast settled out of court with her trainer who abused her, only to find out 20 years later he was abusjng another young gymnast. She said her biggest regret was taking the settlement money and not prosecuting - because perhaps that might have prevented another child from being harmed by her abuser.

And they don't always get prosecuted. And not all molestors keep doing it once they get caught and/or realize what they did was wrong.

But Josh's sisters had to tell on him several times and his behavior was escalating - that doesn't seem like someone who was going to stop. I do believe that, sadly, this is just the tip of the iceberg. His wife should take the kids and get out.

The sisters have said they were not aware of what was happening.

The same two who were reading from a script, coached by a PR crisis manager and have had obedience literally beaten into them by a family that puts the blame for sex outside certain strict strictures entirely on women?

In you opinion. Some people take people's word at face value.

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Anonymous wrote:We can deal in hypotheticals all day long or we can take the word of the now adult victims. Instead we are doubting them and calling them stupid and brainwashed. How kind.

Your first mistake is in thinking we think they're stupid and brainwashed. Your second mistake is in not seeing their cult programming for what it is: minimize anything that will damage first their church or second their brand. Sexual crimes by men and boys are minimized, ignored, blamed on the victim, especially if they're female. These women were abused twice - first by their brother, and second by their parents' inexcusable inaction. For over a year until the "safeguards" - after which the five year old was sexually assaulted, mind you - were finally put into place.

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Anonymous wrote:We can deal in hypotheticals all day long or we can take the word of the now adult victims. Instead we are doubting them and calling them stupid and brainwashed. How kind.

Your first mistake is in thinking we think they're stupid and brainwashed. Your second mistake is in not seeing their cult programming for what it is: minimize anything that will damage first their church or second their brand. Sexual crimes by men and boys are minimized, ignored, blamed on the victim, especially if they're female. These women were abused twice - first by their brother, and second by their parents' inexcusable inaction. For over a year until the "safeguards" - after which the five year old was sexually assaulted, mind you - were finally put into place.

Anonymous wrote:We can deal in hypotheticals all day long or we can take the word of the now adult victims. Instead we are doubting them and calling them stupid and brainwashed. How kind.

Anonymous wrote:The perverts don't stop until they get caught red handed and thrown in jail. Haven't you noticed?

Anonymous wrote:The "just over the clothes" and just for a few minutes piece- was that disputed by the released reports of what they were reporting at the time? That is my big question in this. Is there actual lying and covering up of facts going on in these interviews? If that's the case, it makes a despicable situation even more unbearable in my mind. Being able to create your own narrative over facts is troubling in the abstract, in practice here it is so sad and horrible (if true).

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Anonymous wrote:I think it is very serious what happened, I also think it was handled properly.

I think the molestation that took place for a year was awful, I also think it was mild compared to what some are making it out to be.

I like the Duggars. I can think differently from them and still enjoy their show.

I'm disgusted just thinking of my brother touching me in any sexual way, yet you refer to it as mild?? Seriously? I highly doubt you'd say that if your own brother fondled your breasts and genitals.

Anonymous wrote:I think it is very serious what happened, I also think it was handled properly.

I think the molestation that took place for a year was awful, I also think it was mild compared to what some are making it out to be.

I like the Duggars. I can think differently from them and still enjoy their show.

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Anonymous wrote:So far it seems to have worked for him. Should we try it on the school perverts?

I don't understand this. What exactly worked for him?