{"id":10646,"date":"2015-08-22T12:29:57","date_gmt":"2015-08-22T12:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=10646"},"modified":"2015-08-22T12:29:57","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T12:29:57","slug":"young-man-pays-the-price-for-his-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=10646","title":{"rendered":"Young man pays the price for his fame"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Josh Duggar has admitted to cheating on his wife.<\/p>\n

Why is that a big deal?<\/p>\n

The young man is part of a very large and very over-exposed family. They were the center of a reality TV show, “19 Kids and Counting.” They espoused their deep\u00a0Christian faith and thrust that belief into the homes of millions of TV viewers regularly.<\/p>\n

They presented themselves as the perfect family. What’s more, they became active politically off the screen. Duggar, particularly, became a voice for “traditional family values” while working for the Family Research Council.<\/p>\n

Then Josh was revealed to have touched young girls inappropriately while he was a teenager. Some of his victims were his own sisters.<\/p>\n

TLC, the network that broadcast the TV show featuring the Duggar clan, ended the series. Duggar no longer works for the Family Research Council.<\/p>\n

Now we hear that Josh Duggar has cheated on his wife using a website — AshleyMadison.com — that was created for those who want to break their sacred marital vow.<\/p>\n

It’s all tawdry and quite sickening.<\/p>\n

I am not going to condemn Josh Duggar today. He’s begging for forgiveness. His statement of contrition sound quite sincere. It included this: “I have been the biggest hypocrite ever. While espousing faith and family values, I have secretly over the last several years been viewing pornography on theIinternet and this became a secret addiction and I became unfaithful to my wife.”<\/p>\n

I guess one of the tragedies of this bizarre story, though, is watching a young man being revealed as being someone quite different from the “reality” he presented on a TV show.<\/p>\n

And I suppose it’s fair to ask: How much “reality” on the plethora of these shows is as fake as what’s been revealed about Josh Duggar?<\/p>\n

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