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Novara

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54. Yeah, and I'll bet none of his victims ever got counseling either
Fri May 22, 2015, 01:29 PM
May 2015

You know, those great, moral Christian values. The ones that made his parents try and keep this under wraps.

What the hell, girls are dispensable anyway.

Well isn't he special! Gawd forgave him. Ask his victims if they do. leftofcool May 2015 #1
Apparently most of them are his sisters. GeorgeGist May 2015 #31
His sisters were raised to be sexual toys and forbidden to complain. Kablooie May 2015 #117
Is this one of those million-kids-in-the-family Duggars? nt valerief May 2015 #2
I second that question proud patriot May 2015 #5
Yep! nt City Lights May 2015 #6
What a fucking jerk. longship May 2015 #3
He was 14. What he did was wrong, but he had more courage in admitting this than many men pnwmom May 2015 #4
Interesting: Novara May 2015 #7
Courage? I don't think so. Liberalagogo May 2015 #9
He chose to come forward even though he wasn't being criminally prosecuted pnwmom May 2015 #11
AFTER the statute of limitations expired. Liberalagogo May 2015 #12
That is not entirely true. His secret was out... Zenlitened May 2015 #15
That was my first assumption ToxMarz May 2015 #20
He was 13 -14 while this was happening. For all we know, his victims were close in age. pnwmom May 2015 #23
It's so nice that people give these hateful people the benefit of the doubt, 6000eliot May 2015 #27
I am NOT excusing the parents at all. I'm pointing out that this kid was 13-14 years old pnwmom May 2015 #29
His parents don't work for an LGBT hate group. 6000eliot May 2015 #32
His parents taught him everything he knows. And they've donated money to pnwmom May 2015 #33
Last year his mother recorded robo-calls warning people that dflprincess May 2015 #90
YES YOU ARE dbackjon May 2015 #67
He was a younger teen; and brain development, including impulse control, continues pnwmom May 2015 #69
So he should get off scot-free? dbackjon May 2015 #71
How do you make that conclusion? pnwmom May 2015 #73
He can't be a pedophile, he was a child by law adigal May 2015 #132
He was 13 or 14 when it started... PassingFair May 2015 #48
The incidents occurred over the course of about a year, according to what I read. Do you have a link pnwmom May 2015 #60
Why are you so sure he stopped? 6000eliot May 2015 #91
I'm not sure. I'm just asking for people to back up what they're saying. What I have read in pnwmom May 2015 #92
This is my last response: 6000eliot May 2015 #96
I am defending the right of be children to be recognized as children. pnwmom May 2015 #97
Listen. I'm gay. 6000eliot May 2015 #100
I'm not defending his work, or anyone else's work, for that organization. pnwmom May 2015 #101
What you are is history. 6000eliot May 2015 #102
+1000 adigal May 2015 #133
I, too, thought along the same lines you are expresssing duhneece May 2015 #140
Youngest of the alleged sister victims AC_Mem May 2015 #83
Do you have a link saying that the youngest who was molested was four? Just wondering, pnwmom May 2015 #85
Pnwmom, the guy was raised to believe that females are inferior beings... countryjake May 2015 #104
Thank you for the link countryjake. pnwmom May 2015 #105
What of his sisters, the 10yr old, the 9yr old, the 8yr old, the 4yr old? countryjake May 2015 #109
Yes, the girls knew it was wrong -- thank goodness. But I won't be surprised if it eventually pnwmom May 2015 #110
I said in my first reply, females as inherent inferiors is what he was taught. countryjake May 2015 #112
I haven't, till yesterday. pnwmom May 2015 #115
It always amazes me that even though we KNOW ... that abuse of minors begets abuse of minors brett_jv May 2015 #123
I think you nailed it in your last sentence. pnwmom May 2015 #126
This is why I'm disturbed by reactions here...I thought we were more educated adigal May 2015 #134
Those poor girls. KristinDawn1088 May 2015 #107
you showed a bit of courage there yourself Psephos May 2015 #38
Thank you, Psephos. pnwmom May 2015 #39
I'd like to praise you also. I believe you're correct in not screaming for his blood.... BlueJazz May 2015 #46
Thank you so much. pnwmom May 2015 #61
I'm pretty much on your side, pnwmom. Stonepounder May 2015 #47
I can't stand those parents and think narcissism is at the root of their whole family system. pnwmom May 2015 #66
molesting is not 'playing doctor' douggg May 2015 #84
Thank you for pointing this out. I'm stunned at the judgement of supposed liberals adigal May 2015 #131
This message was self-deleted by its author Liberalagogo May 2015 #8
my takeaway on this..... dawnie51 May 2015 #10
Once a molester, always a molester dbackjon May 2015 #13
According to the reports, he was a young teen, and if he wasn't 5 years older than the victim, pnwmom May 2015 #63
One was 5 years old dbackjon May 2015 #65
Do you have a link for that? I haven't seen the victims or the ages clearly identified. pnwmom May 2015 #72
Based on the timeline one of them has to be dbackjon May 2015 #75
He was the oldest of many. Why are you assuming he raped the youngest? pnwmom May 2015 #77
He violated them in their genitals with his hand dbackjon May 2015 #78
I said that fondling is a serious crime. Please don't put words in my mouth. pnwmom May 2015 #81
Are you just trying to be argumentative and can't concede the point that you were wrong dbackjon May 2015 #82
Logic does not dictate that and neither does simple math. pnwmom May 2015 #86
Why are you so defensive and supportive of that asshole? Owl May 2015 #89
Right. Because asking for factual information is being defensive and supportive. pnwmom May 2015 #93
The police report was destroyed because one of his victims is still a minor. StevieM May 2015 #95
Do you know when it was destroyed? When the 3 year statute of limitations expired he had more than one pnwmom May 2015 #99
It was destroyed yesterday, as I understand it. StevieM May 2015 #106
She is not alone. duhneece May 2015 #141
So to protect women we have to protect the molesters? dbackjon May 2015 #144
These are our sons and our daughters duhneece May 2015 #146
So then pnwmom... AC_Mem May 2015 #113
No, I wouldn't allow that. pnwmom May 2015 #116
I do have to ask you, although I agree with 99% of what you say adigal May 2015 #136
I'm only vaguely aware of her situation, but I don't remember many DUers here condemning her. pnwmom May 2015 #145
Stop saying things that aren't true - sheesh, logic is scarce around here adigal May 2015 #135
Another repressed, hateful fundie asshole tabasco May 2015 #14
And Lena Dunham? What is her excuse? Nt adigal May 2015 #137
What is it, nineteen goddam children now?... americannightmare May 2015 #16
I thought it was weird that his wife looks *exceptionally* similar to his sisters Heddi May 2015 #17
You're saying that Josh Duggar actually said that LGBT people are pedophiles? StevieM May 2015 #28
I have no idea which clone-mouth those words came from. The asshole works for AFA Heddi May 2015 #30
Amen to that! cheapdate May 2015 #34
Are you angry about something I wrote in my post? StevieM May 2015 #35
Not angry with you!! angry that these hateful bigots are millionaires with tv shows Heddi May 2015 #36
Just like the Duck Dynasty inbreds. Elmer S. E. Dump May 2015 #45
The FRC's position is that homosexuality is linked to pedophilia. riderinthestorm May 2015 #40
Yup that is prett avebury May 2015 #143
Very Surprised jaxind May 2015 #18
I wonder if the "He is not a REAL Christian," no-true-Scotsman types will show. Arugula Latte May 2015 #53
Why is Bill Clinton in the last row of the photo? Hoppy May 2015 #19
Why do fundies have a smarmy look that makes you want to Hoppy May 2015 #21
Big article at Wonkette too shenmue May 2015 #22
Yes. And that article shows that the focus here on the actions of a 13-14 year old may be misplaced. pnwmom May 2015 #24
Uh, no. Not misplaced. shenmue May 2015 #25
You think the FOCUS should be on the individual 13-14 year old rather than his parents pnwmom May 2015 #26
ON both dbackjon May 2015 #68
Absolutely! Owl May 2015 #88
When you throw terms like "psychopath son" for the actions of a 14 year old adigal May 2015 #138
Thanks for the link n/t underpants May 2015 #129
Doesn't TLC vet there shows? mackerel May 2015 #37
And so it begins.The great unraveling of the Duggar family. 7wo7rees May 2015 #41
By "counseling" he means he went to ALERT and his sisters went to Journey to the Heart, LeftyMom May 2015 #42
Something I've been wondering about with all of this... Stryst May 2015 #122
There was one other girl in the police report. LeftyMom May 2015 #125
Thank god this fine upstanding christian warrior workinclasszero May 2015 #43
So 'past mistakes' now become rizlaplus May 2015 #44
Does this mean that Babyhead Siblingdiddler will have to find another lobbying "job"? Tom Ripley May 2015 #49
Our yougest daughter (13) watches their show,,, benld74 May 2015 #50
You could be a responsible parent dbackjon May 2015 #70
Because she DOESNT know about that part of them benld74 May 2015 #74
They never should be exposed to that dbackjon May 2015 #76
cool off treestar May 2015 #114
thanks, coudnt seem to say anything right there benld74 May 2015 #120
I wonder where he learned thät sort of behavior? notadmblnd May 2015 #51
Home schooled, no surprise workinclasszero May 2015 #52
Yeah, and I'll bet none of his victims ever got counseling either Novara May 2015 #54
WHAT? According to Wikipedia, he was 19 when he got married in 1984. How could he be a "teenager" George II May 2015 #55
I think it was Jim Bob Duggar who was 19 in 1984. Josh Duggar is Jim Bob's son. (eom) StevieM May 2015 #56
OH......gee, there are so many it's tought to keep track of them! (haha) George II May 2015 #57
Did law enforcement decline to prosecute TexasBushwhacker May 2015 #58
One of the victims was a babysitter, but the incidents were are all past the statute of limitations. pnwmom May 2015 #62
he brought a lot of his personal skills and beliefs to that organization samsingh May 2015 #59
This whole story is creepy. hrmjustin May 2015 #64
Another example of Huck's "persecuted Christians" n/t TexasBushwhacker May 2015 #79
Horrible man. hrmjustin May 2015 #80
The only good thing about Huckabee defending him is that he's kneecapped himself davidpdx May 2015 #103
He apparently has a lot of experience researching family. Now everyone needs counseling. Gore1FL May 2015 #87
The victims hamsterjill May 2015 #94
Huckabee sucks greenfish May 2015 #98
"Damn Josh, when we said 'family values' we didn't mean THAT!!!!" 4lbs May 2015 #108
what about the victims? are they receiving counseling? they have to face their molester at secondwind May 2015 #111
"past teenage mistakes" yeah right. Makes it sound like a shoplifting incident. yellowcanine May 2015 #118
So. Completely. Predictable. Matariki May 2015 #119
Tip of the iceberg with that creepy family /nt hopeforchange2008 May 2015 #121
ok I don't know these people from Adam d_r May 2015 #124
I'm just going to blurt this out, just cause I've long wondered ... brett_jv May 2015 #127
He was not a pedophile, he was a minor himself adigal May 2015 #139
Compulsive breeding for God agent46 May 2015 #128
I'm glad for the exposure.... Novara May 2015 #130
Many 14 year olds pedophiles are sitting in Juvenile Jails or adult prisons now - mostly minorities Farmbrook May 2015 #142
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