Michelle Duggar flipped out over gay crew member

[MADem]

29. No one is being "slurred" unless you think it is a slur to be gay or enjoy a bit of porn.

I think the poster's goal in posting that snark is to illustrate HYPOCRISY--not to insult gay people in any way. Religious fundamentalists who are gay or bisexual often are the worst when it comes to excoriating gay people--they go crazy about the topic, because they are living a huge lie and they think that by disparaging what they are, that it will somehow "cure" them of being ... themselves. Ted Haggard, of course, is the most famous gay-hating gay preacher, but there are others.

When we look at the Duggars, what do we see?

This is a family that wants the girls to be PURE until marriage, and their son was MOLESTING--not fondling--MOLESTING them. And they--the parents--covered it up!!!

This is a family that HATES sexual expression--so any encounters with PORN would be viewed as VERBOTEN.

This is a family that DESPISES homosexuals, and says they are going to hell--so the fact that one of their own might be gay would be anathema to them.

It's a pointed barb the poster is making, but it drives the point home that the Duggars are a bunch of lying hypocritical assholes who condone abuse and cover up wrongdoing when it comes to their lives. They are the first to excoriate others for sexual orientation that is part and parcel of what a person is, and they are the first to EXCUSE sexual perversion when it comes to one of their own--even when their OWN is ABUSING their OWN. Such a hypothetical outcome would simply be a bit of Schaudenfreude, as Al Gore might say. The family would be forced to recalibrate their hate. But it's not a slur (except to hateful religious fundamentalists, and really, who cares what they think?).

According to some accounts, around ten percent of our population is gay. Between all those Duggars, one or two might be, too. I hope any gay Duggars would step forward and reject the conduct of their relatives. Of course, since they are religious, they'd have to do it in a religious context-- "They are wrong in their hate and I hope the Lord will forgive them," or something like that. I've never watched their dumbass show (grab remote/click) but if a couple of Duggars came out and said something like that, I'd tune in!