Whatever your opinion of how many kids the Duggars have, you have to love the way they put The Hive in such a snit.
RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-08-11 09:03 AM
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20 kids and counting! Michelle Duggar announces she's pregnant again
Michelle Duggar and her husband Jim Bob are expecting their 20th child, the couple revealed exclusively to TODAY.
"We are so excited," Michelle Duggar told TODAY Moms before the broadcast. Now three and a half months pregnant, the mom of 19 says she was actually surprised to discover that she's expecting again at 45. "I was not thinking that God would give us another one, and we are just so grateful."
The super-sized family stars in its own reality TV show, “19 Kids and Counting,†on TLC (guess they will have to update the title!).
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Michelle Duggar’s last pregnancy was fraught with danger. She suffered from gall-bladder problems as well as preeclampsia. In order to save her life, doctors delivered daughter Josie three and a half months prematurely – she weighed only one pound, six ounces at birth, and endured a series of health emergencies, including a perforated bowel. Josie eventually went home with the rest of the Duggar family, and is now a healthy toddler who will celebrate her second birthday in December.
http://moms.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/07/868437...
Sorry but I have to wonder if this is some kind of mental illness.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2261880I've never seen a mental illness the characteristics of which include "excessive child bearing". I would venture my personal opinion, though, that 50,000,000 abortions is a pretty good indication of a sick society. But whatever.
vi5 (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-08-11 09:05 AM
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1. You have to wonder? Seriously?
You have to wonder whether the compulsion to have 20 kids is some kind of mental illness?
I'm sorry, I don't care who it offends this is just ridiculous and yes, it is a mental illness.
get the red out Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-08-11 09:56 AM
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36. Yes but we were allowed to criticize her
Since these people are ****ing, idiotic religious nuts after money we have to applaud them for what they do and give them a TV show.
teachthemwell15 (61 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-08-11 10:48 AM
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86. Just my opinion....
..... but the whole situation with Michelle and Jim Bob (I think I've got it right) is soooooo self serving, all in the name of "God".
hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-08-11 09:14 AM
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3. I'm vehemently pro-choice.... But, for all my fellow women who say that this is
her choice and one I have to respect, I say BULLSHIT. Maybe about 10 births ago, I might have agreed, but......Even if one could ignore the overwhelming and disproportionate drain on global resources that comes from such exaggerated reproduction, the fact is that WE are supporting these kids. Given the number of little tax deductions (ignoring their tv reality show), their parents are actually making money from all these births. Not to mention the very preventable drain on medical resources.
No, I don't respect their choice. It is unseemly and disgusting, IMO. Sorry to any fellow feminists who feel otherwise, but I call Bullshit.
Drain on medical resources? So you're saying that because of all these children getting medical care, some other child is having to do without?
If I were to say, "A bunch of gays buggering each other without protection is leading to AIDS and causing a drain on medical resources", you'd shit yourself blind and scream about what a bigot I am.
get the red out Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-08-11 09:39 AM
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20. Stockholm Syndrome, brainwashing
They are part of the Quiverfull movement. I am also sick of women who have been raised like abused dogs via some whacked out religion being expected that they are able to exercise their rights just like those of us fortunate enough to come from more normal, humane backgrounds that believed in equality.
laundry_queen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-08-11 09:43 AM
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24. Total brainwashing
Most of these women think if they don't 'accept God's blessings' they are going to hell. And having a baby is supposed to be the way into heaven for them. So they keep on having 'em, thinking this is their 'duty'. Building God's Army and all that crap is factored in as well. It is a cult, plain and simple .
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25. what she's addicted to is that money-media gravy train, which was slowing down
Edited on Tue Nov-08-11 09:46 AM by Blue_Tires
and thank you to NBC for enabling these ****heads...
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52. Pro-choice does not mean
we need to applaud this idiot, nor does it take away our freedom of speech in criticizing her. Just like with freedom of speech, criticism is NOT the government removing a right.
Yeah? What if I were to go there and say, "I don't think there should be laws restricting abortion rights, but in my
opinion it is killing an unborn child and a selfish act on the part of the mother. It also cheapens life and degrades society".
What would you say about me voicing my opinion? Guaranteed, you'd be asking how dare I be so judgmental and you'd be calling for me to get a pizza. Hypocritical twit.
The OP also spins off two other threads worth a look:
Is a Woman's Right to Choose Absolute and Unconditional?http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2262390If it is considered unacceptable to pass judgment on a womanhttp://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2263192Both rife with that famous DU hypocrisy and rationalization.