# Feds bust Josh Duggar **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** reality-or-game-show\ **Created:** [April 29, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-bust-josh-duggar/941076 "2021-04-29T23:17:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-bust-josh-duggar/941076/41 "2021-05-07T23:49:37Z")
There is no anti-porn software in existence that’s worth anything. Either it’s namby-pamby stuff that 50% of 5th-graders could bypass, or else it’s too strict (e.g, good luck looking up medical information on breast cancer) but can still be bypassed by knowledgeable people. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-bust-josh-duggar/941076/42 "2021-05-07T23:57:48Z")
As I understand it the Covenant Eyes app that was used wasn’t designed to block pornography, it was designed to report to a third party that pornographic sites were visited. It isn’t a block, it’s a snitch. Josh defeated it by creating a secondary partition on the hard drive and running a separate operating system to download the pornographic material. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-bust-josh-duggar/941076/43 "2021-05-08T00:18:06Z")
So much of fundy Christianity is based on the idea that god is a voyeur watching your every move, and so humanity is nothing but an insect colony under continuous surveillance. Given that, the idea that snitchware would be their idea of a good idea makes complete sense. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-bust-josh-duggar/941076/44 "2021-05-08T01:18:51Z")
I don’t know why this has to be a Christianity thing, every single Western government has at some point either proposed or implemented snitchware at some point, for either public security or anti-child pornography reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-bust-josh-duggar/941076/45 "2021-11-01T17:32:53Z")
The patriarch is running for the state senate. > **[19 Kids and Counting' father running for Arkansas Senate](https://www.aol.com/news/19-kids-counting-father-running-160203858-141622277.html)** > > Jim Bob Duggar, whose large family was featured in the TLC reality show “19 Kids and Counting," has announced he's running for a seat in the Arkansas Senate. Duggar, who previously served in the Arkansas House, announced Friday on the family's... ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-bust-josh-duggar/941076/46 "2021-11-01T18:27:12Z")
Running unopposed, even… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-bust-josh-duggar/941076/47 "2021-12-09T17:02:59Z")
This just in: > **[Josh Duggar found guilty of receiving and possessing child pornography](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/12/09/josh-duggar-guilty-trial-verdict-reality-star-child-pornography-case/8868921002/)** > > Josh Duggar, from TLC's "19 Kids and Counting," has been found guilty after facing two counts of downloading and possessing child pornography. > The jury in Fayetteville, Arkansas, found the 33-year-old Duggar guilty on one count each of receiving and possessing child pornography. He faces up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000 for each count when he’s sentenced at a later date. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-bust-josh-duggar/941076/48 "2021-12-09T18:42:27Z")
I’m glad the justice system worked. Anna and the kids will be safer with Josh in prison. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-bust-josh-duggar/941076/49 "2021-12-09T19:03:14Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I’m glad the justice system worked. > > Anna and the kids will be safer with Josh in prison. - She isn’t safe from the rest of the Uterine Clown Car Cult. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-bust-josh-duggar/941076/50 "2021-12-09T20:09:28Z")
Well, yes and no. If nothing else, she’ll likely have a reprieve from endless pregnancy and maybe that will help get her some clarity of mind that her life choices could really use some reflection. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-bust-josh-duggar/941076/51 "2021-12-09T20:12:44Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > Well, yes and no. If nothing else, she’ll likely have a reprieve from endless pregnancy and maybe that will help get her some clarity of mind that her life choices could really use some reflection. - She already has seven kids and she defended her husband who was into child porn and had a history of molesting his sisters. I doubt the light is going to dawn any time soon. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-bust-josh-duggar/941076/52 "2021-12-09T20:19:23Z")
Well, I don’t have really HIGH hopes but it’s remarkable how one’s views change on a situation when you no longer have the aggravating cause of it in your face all day, every day. And being stuck with seven kids and no husband with the kind of messaging she’ll have access to re how the world views women who support and shelter child molesters is a powerful incentive to wake the fuck up and smell the coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-bust-josh-duggar/941076/53 "2021-12-09T21:05:54Z")
She’ll likely still be deeply embedded in the cult - she’s got 7 kids to feed, and it’s not like she’s got job skills to fall back on to support them. My assumption is that the extended family is going to be a) supporting her financially, and b) all up in her business, all the time. But yes, she will be spared further pregnancies at least (unless the cult allows for a divorce in this situation, then she might be pressured to remarry). ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-bust-josh-duggar/941076/54 "2021-12-09T21:53:50Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > She’ll likely still be deeply embedded in the cult - she’s got 7 kids to feed, and it’s not like she’s got job skills to fall back on to support them. My assumption is that the extended family is going to be a) supporting her financially, and b) all up in her business, all the time. But yes, she will be spared further pregnancies at least (unless the cult allows for a divorce in this situation, then she might be pressured to remarry) If she divorces Josh her in-laws will kick her out and probably keep the grandkids. I’m sure she’s being reminded of this right now. Right now, at least, she’s probably thinking “those evil people railroaded Josh”. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-bust-josh-duggar/941076/55 "2021-12-09T22:00:59Z")
On what grounds will her in-laws take her children from her? She’s the mother. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-bust-josh-duggar/941076/56 "2021-12-09T22:07:21Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > On what grounds will her in-laws take her children from her? She’s the mother Who’s in a repressive cult. If they told her to leave the kids, she would. She’s a poorly educated woman who grew up doing what they said. She married Josh because her parents told her to. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-bust-josh-duggar/941076/57 "2021-12-09T22:10:20Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > Well, yes and no. If nothing else, she’ll likely have a reprieve from endless pregnancy and maybe that will help get her some clarity of mind that her life choices could really use some reflection. Two words: conjugal visits. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-bust-josh-duggar/941076/58 "2021-12-09T22:15:19Z")
[Not in Federal prison.](https://www.bop.gov/inmates/visiting.jsp#:~:text=The%20Federal%20Bureau%20of%20Prisons%20does%20not%20permit%20conjugal%20visits.) ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-bust-josh-duggar/941076/59 "2021-12-09T22:30:06Z")
Ignorance fought. Thanks. Also good news. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-bust-josh-duggar/941076/60 "2021-12-09T22:55:06Z")
I was worried about that until I figured out he’s heading for federal, yay. And with COVID most prison systems aren’t allowing much in the way of in person visits, including no hugs or hand holding even. Here’s hoping Anna gets her shit together and bails on the whole stinking mess. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-bust-josh-duggar/941076.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-bust-josh-duggar/941076.md?page=4)