# Josh Duggar - Ashley Madison Account **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 19, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-ashley-madison-account/728289 "2015-08-19T21:48:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-ashley-madison-account/728289/41 "2015-08-20T14:43:29Z")
I’ve still not seen any comments in the press from our GOP field who previously rushed to stand beside the child molester. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-ashley-madison-account/728289/42 "2015-08-20T14:50:20Z")
The same email address that was used to open Josh’s AM accounts was also used for an OK Cupid account: > **[Is This Josh Duggar's OkCupid Profile? \[Updated\]](https://www.gawker.com/is-this-josh-duggars-okcupid-profile-1725202825)** > > After today’s earlier revelation of Josh Duggar’s paid Ashley Madison account hit, tipsters and Twitter are pointing out that if you search Josh Duggar’s highly unique Ashley Madison email handle, “joesmithsonnwa,” this OKCupid profile is the only... ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-ashley-madison-account/728289/43 "2015-08-20T15:07:13Z")
This is so sweet. Another reason to hate. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-ashley-madison-account/728289/44 "2015-08-20T15:12:50Z")
But just for, I dunno, a couple minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-ashley-madison-account/728289/45 "2015-08-20T15:31:25Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > His profile says college graduate. Uh Josh, SOTDRT\* is not college, it’s barely middle school. > > His 2014-2015 Madison account had an affair “guarantee”. Anna needs to take Mackynzie, Michael, Marcus and new baby Meredith\*\* and head back to Florida. > > \*School Of The Dining Room Table. > \*\*It’s a good thing they didn’t name her Madison. Quiverfull demands the woman be totally subservient to the male and _ALL_ his demands. God ordered it or something. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-ashley-madison-account/728289/46 "2015-08-20T16:19:34Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > The same email address that was used to open Josh’s AM accounts was also used for an OK Cupid account: > > [http://gawker.com/is-this-josh-duggars-okcupid-profile-1725202825](http://gawker.com/is-this-josh-duggars-okcupid-profile-1725202825) OKCupid has a lot of questions you can answer, so that you can see how compatible you are with other people. You can only see the answers on another person’s profile if you have answered the same question. Some of the commenters on Gawker signed in to see what some of his answers were: > [@](#): > > “Do you think it’s possible for someone to be an Atheist and still have a solid framework by which to live?” -No > > “Do you feel there are any circumstances in which a person is obligated to have sex with you?” -Yes > > “How do you feel about government subsidized food programs (free lunch, food stamps, etc.)?" -Never — Get a job > > “The idea of gay and lesbian couples having children is?” - Unacceptable > > “Have you been faithful in all of your past relationships?” - No > > “In terms of birth order, which are you?” - Oldest > > “Do humans and modern primates (apes, chimps, etc) share a common evolutionary ancestor?” - No. > > “Do you use Jesus Christ or God damn it when you curse?” - I do not curse at all > > “Would you need to sleep with someone before you considered marrying them?” - Yes > > “How frequently do you drink alcohol?” - Never > > “Which best describes your political beliefs?” - conservative / right-wing > > “How important is religion/God in your life?” - Extremely important > > “For you personally is abortion an option in case of an accidental pregnancy?” - No > > “Which of these options most closely describes what you’re looking for in your next relationship?” - someone for tonight > > “You’re in a new relationship and your partner admits that they have had 14 sexual partners. Does that sound like a lot to you?” -Yes, and it makes me uncomfortable. > > “Regardless of future plans, what’s more interesting to you right now?” -Sex > > “Do you believe your country would be more or less safe if every adult owned a gun?” -More Safe > > “Rate your self confidence” -Very, very high > > “In the line “Wherefore art thou Romeo?,” what does “wherefore” mean?” -Where > > “Which is more offensive: book burning or flag burning?” - flag burning > > “Do you believe that men should be the heads of their households?” -Yes > > “Is jealousy healthy in a relationship?” Yes > > “Is a woman who’s slept with 100 men a bad person?” No Some of the Gawker commenters could have made these up. And the account is disabled now, so can’t check anymore. But if these are all from that account, most of these would make sense for Josh Duggar to have answered. I’m convinced that it’s Josh Duggar, and think it’s just as gross or maybe even more gross than his account on Ashley Madison, but at least he wouldn’t have paid $1000 for a membership to OKCupid. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-ashley-madison-account/728289/47 "2015-08-20T16:30:04Z")
Can we start a GoFundMe for his wife to leave him? Maybe if she knew she’d have some money, she’d kick his ass out. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-ashley-madison-account/728289/48 "2015-08-20T17:01:46Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > This is why J’chelle and Boob have a Joyanna, Johanna and a Jinger. Jeezus. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-ashley-madison-account/728289/49 "2015-08-20T17:17:05Z")
> [@Sam\_Lowry](#): > > OKCupid has a lot of questions you can answer, so that you can see how compatible you are with other people. You can only see the answers on another person’s profile if you have answered the same question. Some of the commenters on Gawker signed in to see what some of his answers were: My favorite is the following back-to-back pair: [QUOTE=Josh Duggar] “Rate your self confidence” -Very, very high “In the line “Wherefore art thou Romeo?,” what does “wherefore” mean?” -Where [/QUOTE] It’s like he’s the Dunning–Kruger Effect made flesh. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-ashley-madison-account/728289/50 "2015-08-20T17:18:47Z")
> [@andros](#): > > At least those are biblical. > > But there’s no fucking excuse for that. > > Although there’s a terrific community that has appropriated her name at [http://www.freejinger.org/](http://www.freejinger.org/) Someone needs to start a FreeAnna version. That poor woman. Even if she cuts him loose, what on earth can she do? Minimal education, no career expectations, the TLC gravy train about to dry up… Maybe a tell-all? ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-ashley-madison-account/728289/51 "2015-08-20T18:47:38Z")
[Josh’s public statement admitting his infidelity.](http://www.people.com/article/josh-duggar-infidelity-pornography-addiction-statement) I see how’s he spinning it. He’s basically saying an addiction to internet pornography led to his infidelity. More fuel for fundamentalists to blame the evils of pornography. ---
**Author:** ![Turpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Turpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turpentine)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-ashley-madison-account/728289/52 "2015-08-20T18:58:37Z")
I chuckle at the name “Jinger” because I like to pretend it’s pronounced with a hard G, rhyming with “ringer”. Sometimes I rhyme it with “finger”. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-ashley-madison-account/728289/53 "2015-08-20T19:15:20Z")
So, per usual “at no point am I responsible for anything I do”. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-ashley-madison-account/728289/54 "2015-08-20T19:22:24Z")
> [@Turpentine](#): > > I chuckle at the name “Jinger” because I like to pretend it’s pronounced with a hard G, rhyming with “ringer”. Sometimes I rhyme it with “finger”. Oh lord, you mean it’s NOT? That’s why I thought all the posters thought it was such a weird name. Never occurred to me it was supposed to be a mis-spelled form of Ginger. (slinks off to corner) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-ashley-madison-account/728289/55 "2015-08-20T19:23:47Z")
Addiction to Internet porn, huh. Pussy. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-ashley-madison-account/728289/56 "2015-08-20T19:45:30Z")
Wait, there’s porn on the internet? ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-ashley-madison-account/728289/57 "2015-08-20T19:47:20Z")
Lol, what a fucking asshole. I can’t wait until the inevitable gay hookup comes to light. That’s when even the most brainwashed followers will desert him. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-ashley-madison-account/728289/58 "2015-08-20T19:57:50Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > \*\*It’s a good thing they didn’t name her Madison. I tell you no word of a lie: my husband’s cousin’s youngest daughter is named “Ashley Madison” + Lastname. She was born well after the website was established. I was very surprised to learn the baby’s name back then, I’m still astounded her parents didn’t know. I admit chuckling when was told the middle name, but I sincerely hope she’s not reading all about this now. She’s 11. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-ashley-madison-account/728289/59 "2015-08-20T19:57:56Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > [Josh’s public statement admitting his infidelity.](http://www.people.com/article/josh-duggar-infidelity-pornography-addiction-statement) > > I see how’s he spinning it. He’s basically saying an addiction to internet pornography led to his infidelity. More fuel for fundamentalists to blame the evils of pornography. Even better, [they keep revising it:](http://gawker.com/josh-duggars-apology-i-have-been-the-biggest-hypocrit-1725405629) > [@](#): > > Update 2:57 p.m.: Looks like Josh Duggar may have been a little hasty in his apology. The general idea is still there, but the letter itself has gone through several revisions since going up less than two hours ago. The first instance, as mentioned above, removed a reference to Satan, while the second revision removed any mention of pornography altogether. If you go to [the Duggar website](http://www.duggarfamily.com/2015/8/statements-from-jim-bob-and-michelle-duggar-and-josh-duggar), the apology starts with this: > [@](#): > > I have been the biggest hypocrite ever. While espousing faith and family values, I have been unfaithful to my wife. There is no longer any mention of pornography. They really were in a bubble for all the time while they were on their show, and don’t know how to handle the extra scrutiny, and I think it’s hilarious. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-ashley-madison-account/728289/60 "2015-08-20T20:41:48Z")
So they didn’t even try “It was research” or “I was witnessing to try to convince these poor people to sin no more”? I though those were the automatic first round responses. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-ashley-madison-account/728289.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-ashley-madison-account/728289.md?page=4)