STAR OF TLC
SHOW THE WILLIS FAMILY HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED BY THE
TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FOR RAPING AN
UNDERAGE GIRL IN AN EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE 12 YEARS AGO.
THE
SHOW WAS ACTUALLY CANCELED IN APRIL SO FORTUNATELY
THE SHOW WILL NOT BE GOING ON.
WILLIS WAS APPREHENDED IN
KENTUCKY WHERE HE FLED IN AN ATTEMPT TO EVADE ARREST.
HE
WILL BE EXTRADITED TO TENNESSEE'S COUNTY JAIL WHAT HE
WILL BE HELD WITHOUT BOND.
LET'S GO TO A QUOTE THAT WILLIS
AND HIS WIFE BRENDA, MIKE, JIM BOB AND MICHELLE DUGGER ARE QUIVER
FULL PARENTS, ADHERENCE TO A CHRISTIAN SECT THAT ENCOURAGES
PARENTS TO PRODUCE AS MANY OFFSPRING AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER
TO RAISE AN ARMY OF BELIEVERS.
THEY ARE TAKING THAT BELIEF FROM
THE PSALM 127 THAT SAYS CHILDREN ARE A BLESSING FROM THE LORD.
HAPPY
IS THE MAN WHO HAS HIS QUIVER FULL OF THEM.
THIS STORY JUST
REALLY SUCKED AND UNFORTUNATELY I TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT
EARLIER TODAY ON POP TRIGGER, THIS IS ONE OF THREE EVENTS THAT
IS HAPPENED ON A TLC CAST MEMBER OF ONE OF THEIR REALITY TV SHOWS
THAT WE HAVE HONEY BOO-BOO AND THEN THE DUGGER'S AND NOW WE
HAVE THIS GUY FROM THE WILLIS FAMILY DIVE NEVER SEEN THE SHOW
BUT WAS SITS TO WITH ME THE WORSE IS THAT I WASN'T SURPRISED
TO HEAR THIS NEWS AND I WANT TO TALK WITH YOU GUYS LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHY THAT IS.
AS A GAY GUY, I SPENT MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE BEING TOLD BY
RELIGIOUS AND MORAL LEADERS HOW DESPICABLE I WAS AND HOW WE WERE
ALL CHILD MOLESTERS AND BLOODLINE BLOG.
IT JUST SEEMS
THAT THE LOUDER THAT PEOPLE CROW ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S SEXUAL
BEHAVIOR IT IS COUNTDOWN TO WHEN THEY ARE CAUGHT IN A RESTROOM OR
WITH THEIR HANDS ON AN UNDERAGE PERSON OR SOMETHING AWFUL LIKE
THAT.
SADLY, YES, IT'S BECOME ALMOST PROTECTABLE NOW ARE THESE
PEOPLE PRESENT THEMSELVES AS THE KIND OF MORAL ARBITERS WITH
THEIR BIBLE BACK TELLING YOU HOW TO LIVE, THEY HAVE SOMETHING
SHADY THAT THEY ARE HIDING IN THIS GUY IS THE LATEST.
WE LOOK AT A LOT OF THESE FAMILIES WITH THESE WHOLESOME
VALUES AND THAT IS HOW THE DUGGER'S WERE AS WELL AND THERE
IS A SORT OF A DEGREE OF CYNICISM THAT I HAVE WHEN I SEE
THESE FAMILIES THAT ARE LIKELY TO HELLHOLE SOME WE ARE AND HOW
AMAZING OUR VALUES ARE AND IT MAKES ME FEEL BAD ABOUT MYSELF
BECAUSE I WISH I COULD JUST TAKE THEM AT THEIR WORD BUT
UNFORTUNATELY TIME AND TIME AGAIN WE ARE SEEING THAT THERE
IS SOME SEEDY UNDERBELLY TO A LOT OF THESE ARBITERS OF MORALS.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE TRY TO
BEAT IT DOWN YOUR THROAT.
THEIR WAY IS THE WAY, THIS IS THE WAY
IT SHOULD BE, THIS IS THE ONLY WAY YOU NEED TO GO AND TIME AND
TIME AGAIN YOU JUST SEE THIS HAPPENING OVER AND OVER AND
ITSES CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN FAMILIES AND THESE RURAL AREAS
WERE HONESTLY, A LOT OF TIMES IN THESE SITUATIONS, THE MAIL
LEAD ROLE IN THE SITUATION IS ALWAYS THE DICTATOR OF THE
ACTUAL AREA OR OF THAT SEX.
I THINK HISTORICALLY SPEAKING THE LATTER THAT SOMEONE FEELS
THE NEED TO PROCLAIM THEIR MORALITY OR RIGHTNESS, THE MORE
LIKELY THEY ARE COVERING FOR SOMETHING FRANKLY.
YOU TALK
ABOUT THESE PEOPLE WITH THEIR VALUES.
THEIR VALUES IN AND OF
THEMSELVES AREN'T TERRIBLE.
I'M THE YOUNGEST OF THE SEVEN
MYSELF.
I THINK FAMILIES ARE GREAT.
FAMILY VALUES AS A
PHRASE IN THIS COUNTRY HAS BECOME THIS WAY OF OPPRESSING
OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING NONTRADITIONAL FAMILY LIES THAT
ARE NO LESS VALID AND AGAIN, THE BIGGEST BIGGER BRASS BAND YOU
PUT BEHIND YOUR OWN SUPERIORITY IN THIS DEPARTMENT, THE MORE YOU
ARE TRYING TO DISTRACT ATTENTION FROM SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE
DOING OR THINKING ABOUT DOING OR HAVE DONE OR WANT TO DO.
LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SHOWS WHERE THESE PEOPLE ARE
COMING FROM.
ESPECIALLY IN THE CASE OF HONEY BOO-BOO.
THAT WAS
A TRAIN WRECK FAMILY THAT THEN WE WATCHED AND TUNED IN AND
EVERYONE WAS TALKING ABOUT IT AND IT WAS SORT OF AN INSIDE
JOKE THAT WE WERE ALL LAUGHING AT THIS FAMILY AND HOW CRAZY
THEY WERE AND THEN WHEN THE TRAIN WRECK TURNED OUT TO BE
REAL, WHEN THERE TURNED OUT TO BE REAL ABUSE BEHIND IT THEN WE
ALL FELT REALLY SHADY INTO AN EXTENT I SOMETIMES FEEL THAT
BECAUSE I WATCH SOME OF THESE SHOWS I AM COMPLICIT IN
THIS BEHAVIOR AND I AM ENCOURAGING SOME OF THIS
BEHAVIOR BECAUSE I'M TUNING IN AND GIVING THE AD DOLLARS.
YOU THINK THERE'S SOMETHING TO THAT?
I'VE HONESTLY NEVER WATCHED ANY OF THE SHOWS JUST FOR THAT
MATTER BY I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AND YES, THAT IS
SOMEWHAT SUPPORTING A DIE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE WATCHING
THE HONEY BOO-BOO STUFF THAT YOU CAN SEE THE PEOPLE WHO COMMON
ABOUT IT AND LIVE VICARIOUSLY THROUGH THEIR CRAZINESS AND
USING YOUR EXAMPLE, THAT WAS A WAY OF SUPPORTING THAT KIND
OF THING.
WE LOVE THEM BECAUSE THEY DID AND SAID CRAZY THINGS AND THEN
WHEN THEY TOOK IT A STEP ARE LIKE NO, NOT LIKE THATÖ CRAZY.
AT LEAST THE ONE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THERE WAS NO SENSE OF
BIBLE THUMPING ABOUT THE HONEY BOO-BOO FOLKS WHEREAS THE
DUGGER'S AND I ASSUME THESE GUYS, I HAVEN'T SEEN THE SHOW
EITHER IF THEY ARE IN THIS WHOLE QUIVER FULL MOMENT THAN IT IS
ALL ABOUT HOW THE LORD TELL US WE HAVE TO LIVE IN SELLING THAT
NOTION TO THE WORLD WHEN BEHIND THE SCENES SKI VIEW SHE IS
GOING DOWN.
I THINK THE REASON WHY IT IS SO NAUSEATING IS BECAUSE IT IS A
PEEK BEHIND THE CURTAIN THAT WE THOUGHT OR THEY AT LEAST
PERCEIVED WAS WHOLESOME.
LOOK AT SHOWS LIKE TO CATCH A
PREDATOR OR THE FIRST 48.
YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ARE WATCHING THOSE
SHOWS THAT THIS IS BAD, I AM GOING INTO THIS KNOWING THEY ARE
DOING BAD THINGS AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET CAUGHT IN THE END.
THE REASON WHY THESE FAMILIES ARE SO UNSETTLING IS BECAUSE WE
EXPECTED THEM TO BE DIFFERENT BUT YET AT THE SAME TIME,
WE ARE NOT SURPRISED WHEN THEY ARE.
OF COURSE NOTÖ THERE'S VERY MUCH THREW THEMSELVES INTO THE
CULTURE WARS AND THEY WERE OUT THERE CAMPAIGNING FOR RICK
SANTORUM.
THEY ARE OUT THERE SELLING THIS VISION OF
THEMSELVES AND SELLING A VISION OF AMERICA AS THEY THINK IT
OUGHT TO BE BUT THEN YOU WIND UP BEING LIKE WIDE STANCE IN THE
MEN'S ROOM.
LARRY CRAIG.
IT'S A SHOCKING, NOT EVEN SHOCKING,
IT'S AN ALMOST EXPECTED LEVEL OF HYPOCRISY NOW FOR PEOPLE WHO
HAVE SET THEMSELVES AS BEING THE SORT OF MORAL SPOKESPERSONS.
THERE ARE, I'M SURE THERE ARE TONS OF DEVOUT CHRISTIANS OUT
THERE WHO LIVE GREAT LIVES WHO ARE MORTIFIED BY THE FACT
THAT THESE ARE THE ONES THAT GET THE HEADLINES.
I THINK THAT IS DEFINITELY BORN TO BRING UP.
THERE ARE SO
MANY WHOLESOME ACTUAL CHRISTIAN FAMILIES WHO WILL HEAR ABOUT
THIS NEWS AND IT WILL BE THE WORST FOR THEM BECAUSE THIS
ISN'T CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOR.
UNFORTUNATELY, COURSE IN THIS
ARTICLE THEY BRING UP THAT THEY ARE CHRISTIAN DOMINICAN US SEX
AND THERE ARE OTHER ONES OUT THERE THAT ARE PRIVATELY
FINE AND NOT RAPING KIDS.
THE MEDIAN THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER POINTED THIS GUY AS AN
EXAMPLE OF WHAT ALL CHRISTIANS ARE LIKE WHEREAS WE CAN'T WAIT
TO TAR ALL MUSLIMS BASED ON THE BEHAVIOR OF A SMALL NUMBER OF
VIOLENT SHE HOT US.
THAT SAME STANDARD NEVER APPLIES TO
CHRISTIANITY.
ONE MUSLIM BOMBER MEANS IT'S AN ENTIRE RELIGION OF THEM.