I am angry right now.  My anger has nothing to do with my real life but with something, or rather, somebody on tv.  I am angry that so many people watch the show “19 Kids and Counting.”  I am angry that so many people are willing to stick up for a “man”, and that’s putting it loosely, who molested five girls when he was a teenager.  I am angry because no one seems to care that four of the victims were his sisters.  And I am mad that people don’t seem to care in general.

It bothers me that people are saying, “He was young.”  “This is only public because he’s a celebrity.”  “If this happened next door and it was someone you knew you would stick up for him.”  This has nothing at all to do with what has happened.  It doesn’t matter that he’s a celebrity, I would feel this way regardless.  He is a pedophile and should be treated as such.  He needs to be punished in some way.  People have said, ‘don’t worry God will punish him when the time comes’ and that’s not enough.  I have issues that someone who belongs to his church would attack someone speaking out about the church by saying “he was only playing doctor.”  14 year old boys don’t play doctor.  I also have issues with the fact that politicians are backing him and at least two of the “senators” or “senatorial” candidates belong to religions that have the same belief system they follow.

I am not only angry that people like his parents are allowed to procreate repeatedly without a care given to the mother’s health, the well-being of the children, or what’s going on behind closed doors; I am angry with the fact that they are raising their kids the same way.  I am angry that the family used “God” as an excuse for not reporting these events when they occurred.  I am angry that they have no concern at all for the girls’ well-being other than the fact that they forgive their brother.  I am angry that this kind of belief system is becoming entertainment when it is anything but that.

I am angry with the double standards.  I was never a fan of Honey Boo Boo, but so many people were willing to attack her mama for not feeding her properly and not looking after her.  These same people went ballistic when Mama June admitted to sleeping with her child’s molester and yet they will stick up for Joshua Duggar.  I am angry that the reason people are so quick to defend this “creep” is because he comes from a religious family.  The mentality seems to be that if one is uneducated and redneckish and makes money off his/her children this kind of behaviour is wrong;  but if one is religious, well educated and  acts wholesome while using television to exploit their children and hide secrets it is okay.

This whole family, church, television show and scandal make me very angry.  They don’t deserve anyone’s positive attention.  They lied to get on tv, they lied to get donations to expand their home, they lied for the last however many years about their son’s “indiscretion” and they lied about the “treatment facility” he was sent to for three months.  Yeah, I may go to church with liars and sinners once a week but at least I don’t watch them every day and call it entertainment.  Why?  Because domestic abuse, sexual abuse, cults, and brainwashing aren’t entertainment they are reasons for going to jail.

And before I go…Yes, I am Catholic.  Yes, I know about my church’s past.  Yes, I know the beliefs of the church.  Yes, I know that the church doesn’t believe in birth control.  Yes, I know that many catholic men are domineering.  Yes, I know the church has hidden horrific acts of sexual abuse and I didn’t agree with that either.

That’s why I am angry and I am outta here.