Het is echt een sekte hoor
A Redditor wrote this on the day the predator was arrested. They also did an AMA (Ask Me Anything). Prior to being allowed to do that they are verified and vetted by the moderators. You can't just do an AMA by saying you know this or that person. You have to have proof. It starts now:"I'm slightly younger than he is. We were friends for a few years as teens -- close friends, I'd say.
In the episode where they move out of the old tiny house, check for Josh. He's bald. Why? Because he was at a fellow churchgoers property shoveling out a pond as discipline for stuff he'd done. His head was shaved, he wasn't permitted to talk, and was sort of tossed through a bunch of religious rituals. When TLC showed up, the Duggars brought him out of pond-digging-land in front of the camera and pretended stuff was normal. Filming was over, he went right back. No way TLC producers didn't notice. Basically, the molestation stuff wasn't concerning enough for anyone to take action. It took whistleblowers to cause the police and authorities to show up. If it wasn't for people speaking out, Jim Bob and Michelle would've kept this under wraps and kept the TLC gravy train going to years.
Let's be real about something. TLC and people who give the Duggars a platform are supporting child abuse. It isn't just the Duggars, it is also many of the people they keep company with. In their circle, kids are beaten, molested, ignored, and shamed. I was one of those kids, and I know how it was. Jim Bob was and probably is all about the money. He didn't hide how much he loved the money and fame.
If you support the Duggars or watch their stuff, shame. And if you're an organization giving them a platform, shame. They need to be cancelled for everything. This isn't just Josh. He's been overdue for jail for years. This is about that church and that family and that whole circle, paid for and supported by mainstream media outlets for years. I was beaten. My friends were viscously beaten by their parents with long hot melt glue sticks. The mental harm was insane, being guilted into confessions out of sheer fear of the wrath of God. One boy I knew confessed to normal teen stuff (touching self, etc) and was brought before the "elders" of the church to be humiliated and chastised. Their whole group is absolutely medieval with the way they talk privately about LGBTQ+ people, and others who are different. It is disgusting. You couldn't ask for a better environment for the kind of abuse and horror that you see when you look at Josh. But this was never limited to Josh. These people told girls as young as 4 or 5 to be modest lest they cause someone to stumble. Are you kidding me??
I still have fucking PTSD from that whole period of my life, it is a trauma farm. It isn't cute, it isn't fun, and it sure isn't charming. It is bullshit, toxic waste and everyone needs to cut that shit off and stop giving them attention, unless it is the condemnation they deserve.
My heart breaks for Josh's victims. My heart breaks for his kids. I fear for them, I really do. I hope CPS or someone is able to step in because Anna sure as hell isn't doing anything. I don't know what all he's done, but
trust me as someone who has known him for years: what he is caught doing is only ever the tip of the iceberg. I've read about prolific monsters (Ted Bundy, etc) who are as reliable as clockwork when it comes to the shit they do, but Josh is the only one I've personally known. I'm not a person who believes in violence or thinks that harm fixes harm in the long run, but I truly believe that Josh should be in jail for life, for society's safety. And that was true long before he got married, before he was even out of his teens. The people enabling him and putting him back out there where he can hurt more children are monsters and 100% could've seen this coming.
Josh, the Duggars, and the religious movement they represent is a cesspool of abuse and exploitation. Don't forget it. This isn't about one guy. Be fucking careful about who you give the microphone to and empower. This is what happens."