Duggars Pitch New Reality Show Counseling Sex Abuse Victims

[KamaAina]

Not. The. Onion.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2015/08/duggars-pitch-new-reality-show-counseling-sex-abuse-victims/

According to industry insiders Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are pitching a new reality show where they would counsel young victims of sexual abuse.

Apparently the Duggars are pitching the idea of a new reality show related to the upcoming special Breaking the Silence, a documentary on child sexual abuse scheduled to air August 30 on TLC.

US magazine reports TLC has been working closely with the Duggar family on the one-hour documentary that will include daughters Jill and Jessa as well as other survivors and families that have been affected by abuse.

According to reports, the Duggars are hoping to launch a spin-off show relating to the upcoming documentary.

[spanone]

1. grifters gotta keep on grifting.....

[TwilightGardener]

2. Family income from breeding too much, and then from the perverted secrets of your own family.

Make these foul people and their spawn go away, PLEASE.

[hatrack]

3. Sorry, 60 minutes of people kneeling, praying for Jeezus to remove their crotch demons does NOT fly

.

[Warren DeMontague]

6. "Crotch Demons"

Another one for the band name list!

[underpants]

31. I believe the PC version is "pants spirits"

Crotch demons

[closeupready]

4. Well, the Duggars have become a brand - not one which I would endorse

or associate with any warm, happy feelings, but then so are the Kardashians. They are both modern-day Waltons (as in "The Waltons" dramatic TV show from the 70's), and 'family' entertainment is always popular with Americans.

Would it be a hit? I hate to say this, but yes, I do think it would be.

[KittyWampus]

29. Please don't compare to The Waltons. That family may have had a devote mother/grandmother>

but there was much liberalism in there. Grandpa and the father didn't go to church….

[think]

5. Was expecting this to be satire....

[hollysmom]

19. I think it is .

[Orrex]

7. Perhaps they can secure an endorsement deal with Subway.

[KamaAina]

10. Oh no you di'int!

[dixiegrrrrl]

20. Ouch!!!

Good one, tho.

[underpants]

32. Jared pitches a show about photography

[Skittles]

43. OH NO YOU DIDN'T

omg I know I should not have laughed at that

[underpants]

45. Sorry

That story is just too much. Since I got home I've been reading up on how he got caught and his history and it is even worse.

I obviously didn't mean that as a joke about Jared's victims.

How horrible.

[Skittles]

49. sometimes situations are so ludicrous we just cannot help ourselves

believe me, I know

[geek tragedy]

8. If there were a God he'd smite them nt

[KamaAina]

11. Indeed She would.

[geek tragedy]

12. I see what you did there.

I wonder if smiting is a patriarchal thing.

[KamaAina]

16. I can personally testify that it is not

Mom turned against corporal punishment only after breaking a wooden spoon over my 4-year-old behind.

[geek tragedy]

17. My wife had the same exerpience with her mom.

If we see a giant wooden spoon descending from the sky, we'll know what time it is

[diabeticman]

9. Oh Brilliant! The Family subscribe to the Home-school Christian teaching of blaming the victim!

Seriously, a few months ago someone posted info on their home schooling curriculum blames the victim.

[underpants]

33. Step 1. Lock the victims in their rooms

Step 2. Make money off of the tragedy

[vaberella]

13. No, no, no.

That family denied there was a problem. The girls went on national television to downplay what their brother did to them, then they went on further to be angry with the media for making their family suffer. The girls had no support from anyone on counseling. There is no regard to what their brother did and how that might have affected the non-family members he violated that are still minors. I mean there is an an endless sea of no here and pure disgust and hatred on my part.

I have a problem with the boy who committed the crime, who was also a victim to his parents fear. I have issues all around and then they want to insult my intelligence by having a show like this. Abhorrent.

[Sherman A1]

14. Pardon me for a moment

[Vinca]

15. No. Just go away. Get real jobs to support the too many children you have.

[hifiguy]

18. Wut?

I read it again. It's STILL there???

Srsly?

[dixiegrrrrl]

21. TLC and similar channels are no more than the National Inquirer on video...

Sadly, they DO continue to have an audience.

[GummyBearz]

25. Its so weird

I remember first getting TLC back in like 1994 or something and it actually had programs that you could learn something from... well, chalk another one up to reality TV pop culture

[KamaAina]

27. TLC stood for The Learning Channel!

They dropped that like a hot potato when Honey Boo Boo et al. came along.

[sakabatou]

28. I miss the days when TLC was The Learning Channel.

[ladyVet]

48. Me, too. Now it's Too Little Class. nt

[hifiguy]

37. They used to run James Burke's shows "Connections" "Day the Universe Changed"

and other similar stuff all the time- science, astronomy, history of science. All those shows rekindled my dormant love of science.

[dixiegrrrrl]

38. We dropped THEM for that reason..

TV has become, in general, insulting to anyone with above room temperature IQ.
There are much easier ways to find and watch the few decent shows that the networks offer.

[bullwinkle428]

22. Really? On the day that Subway Jared gets busted for sex with minors?

[Warpy]

23. Please tell me Patheos picked this up from The Onion

[Sunlei]

24. fine if the abuser fesses up about, 'every-single-victim' of his abuse.

[JI7]

26. are bill cosby and jared going to be part of it also ?

They can try to get Sandusky also

[Generic Other]

30. They need counseling

No one wants to watch them go through it.

[NV Whino]

34. It's a comedy show?

[Octafish]

35. ''Think 'Petticoat Junction' meets 'Deliverance'.''

"Can't miss reality TV. Plus, you save a mint with the in-house family production company. It's a wow!"

[muriel_volestrangler]

36. Not The Onion, but one anonymous source in Star Magazine a month ago

“The family can’t afford to not have the show—it is their main source of income, and with a family of that size, without it they’re in enormous trouble,” says a friend, adding the Arkansas couple are willing to beg for forgiveness to get the cash flowing again.

“They know they have to at least pretend to be sorry about what happened, and now they want a spin-off where Jim Bob and Michelle would give advice to abuse victims—even though they’re in denial about their culpability in Josh’s crimes.”

But a publicity stunt may not be enough. “After the Megyn Kelly interview, when they basically made excuses for Josh, they’re done,” says the source. “It was a disastrous move that ruined their brand. It would take a miracle to get them back on TV.”

http://starmagazine.com/2015/07/22/pretending-to-be-sorry-what-the-duggars-will-have-to-do-to-get-back-on-tv-again/

(Google cache if you can't get that: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache TIOH8_AtQcJ:starmagazine.com/2015/07/22/pretending-to-be-sorry-what-the-duggars-will-have-to-do-to-get-back-on-tv-again/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk )

via http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/08/19/theres-no-evidence-the-duggars-are-pitching-a-new-show-in-which-theyd-counsel-abuse-victims/

That one claim is where this all come from. So it's tabloid gossip, and ought to be taken with a pinch of salt.

[vankuria]

39. Wonder if they'd be willing to ask forgiveness

to all the LGBT people they insulted with comments like they're pervs and pedophiles, while their son was molesting their daughters?

[Initech]

41. No, they wont.

According to them, Jesus will take care of it.

[Initech]

40. Translation: "Move along, nothing to see here!!"

[Skittles]

42. fame whores

[Matariki]

44. omg, the gall.

Is this a joke?

[Archae]

46. It's not true.

Just rumor and gossip.

http://links.patheos.mkt5005.com/ctt?kn=62&ms=NDkzNTcyOTYS1&r=MTE4MTY1MzAzMTE5S0&b=0&j=NzQzMDE1MzM3S0&mt=2&rj=NzQzMDE1MzM3S0&rt=0

[Hassin Bin Sober]

47. It's called vertical integration.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

50. Whaaaaat?

I think that a million irony/hypocrisy meters just screamed in terror- and were suddenly silenced...........

[Sanity Claws]

51. Was it Comedy Central?

This show would make sense only as a parody.