Thursday, December 25, 2008

Jealous of the Duggars

With the birth of the Duggar's 18th baby came a lot more negative comments. I know I have already ranted about the negative comments on them but being my blog it is my perogative to rant as much as I want on whatever I want. :)
I have actually seen a lot of "I hate them" comments which justs astounds me. How can you hate people you don't know? It really opens my eyes to the close mindedness of some people.
I've already addressed how I feel like most of the comments about them stem from plain ignorance. For example, "we are supporting them", "they are on welfare taking money from people who could benefit from it so much more", etc. That is an ignorant lie. An example of how people can say whatever they want and spread false knowledge. "They are overpopulating the planet", is another hilarious one. The planet being overpopulated is not a fact, it is an opinion. And instead of putting your time and energy into putting down the Duggar's for "overpopulating" try focusing your energy towards people who are really contributing to overpopulation. All the murderers sitting in jail for life for murdering people, all the women having sex and giving their babies up for adoption, all the people having kids and not taking care of them and letting them grow up into irresponsible adults. Why not focus your negativity on those people?
Well I have no choice but to draw my own conclusions, and that is that people are jealous. Some people have nothing better to do with their time then hate decent strangers, but I think deep down most people are jealous. That's what we learn when we are younger, in school, dealing with verbal bullies. That those "bullies" are putting you down because they are jealous or insecure. Like someone on fertility treatments trying desperately to have her own kids. Despite some Duggar "haters" comments about overpopulation other Duggar haters would rather spend a substantial amount of money on fertility treatments rather then adopt. Which is understandable, and their right. I just find it amusing. Other people might be jealous of their financial well being. The people who know better and aren't making the welfare "we are supporting them" comments, anyway. Not very many people in this country are living a comfortable debt free life. Yet the Duggars are, with their 18 children, and that is an enviable fact. I only wish I was debt free, and I don't have close to as many kids as them, not to mention their 9 cars and huge house. I envy their financial well being but to a point where they should be made an example, not put down for it. Another enviable trait is their wonderful children. You can't really judge someone's parenting skills until you see how a child they have raised fares being on his own. Their oldest son OWNS a pre-owned car dealership. See for yourself. That is quite an accomplishment for a 20 year old. Plus he's never done drugs and didn't have premarital sex. So maybe all the people saying the Duggars can't possibly be decent parents are just jealous. "They can't possibly spend enough one on one time with their kids", "they ignore their kids", "they make the older children raise the younger ones". Josh's wife Anna said on live TV that she hopes her and Josh have a large family as well. Why would he want his own large family if he didn't get plenty of love and attention from his parents?

Just because having a large family isn't your dream, doesn't make someone else crazy or nuts for wanting that. I think all the people who don't like the Duggars should stop watching their show, reading about them, and writing about them. Just grow up and butt out. Those of us who enjoy them and think they are doing a great job will continue to read and watch and learn from them. Stop using your right to freedom of speech to spread ignorant lies, or to just be rude in general.

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