It gets incredible ratings. If you don't like it, don't watch it. We have 108 channels to chose from.

Going to cancel it due to a few political donations that are perfectly legal because you do not approve.

there is NO WAY they're going to cancel it.
Solution-don't watch it, in this day and age, there are hundreds of other channels to watch.

get their belief that religious folks have the right to discriminate against gays.

Just like it's your choice to try to get them taken off the air. You certainly have every right to do so, I just find the idea of trying to shut people up because I don't agree with them to be kind of silly. YMMV..

I doubt it.

even if I did, I wouldn't watch it.

...we, as a society, are severely fucked.

But I don't participate in boycotts myself. If I don't want to support a TV show, I just don't watch it.

And while I disagree with what the Duggars are doing in this case, she didn't do what the petition claims, i.e., she didn't say transgender people are sexual predators.

You requested proof? How could you?

Care to try again?

Maybe that poster chose to see only what they want to see? I wonder why?

You could get hurt stretching that much without warming up first.

MSNBC played the actual robocall tonight, and that is exactly what she said, along with some other typical wingnut bullshit and lies.

That being said, while I cannot stand this Stepford family and their stupid show, I have a simple solution. I just don't watch it. No one is forced to watch it. If you don't like it, you don't have to watch it, there are tons of other stations and programs. We're always complaining about the RW trying to censor whatever they don't like, let's not do he same thing here.

The transcript of the robocall is in multiple media outlets, even in this very thread, and she said no such thing.

The Duggars' anti-LBGT beliefs are bad enough; no need to make stuff up about what they say.

I don't know what "transcript" you're listening to, but the call played by MSNBC had her saying exactly that, these transgenders "with past child predator conviction" (direct fucking quote) and the like. Not sure why you're so insistent that she didn't say it when the evidence is very clear that she did. I find that very interesting indeed.

you mean the fact of the actual recording of one of her calls where she said, directly, that these transgenders "with past child predator convictions" (EXACT FUCKING QUOTE). It's a fact that it was both on the call and the transcript. I have no idea why you're so bent on defending her against that when the facts and evidence couldn't be clearer. YOU are the one choosing not to believe actual facts.

I'm assuming you have a link to the transcript that says what you claim?

Fucking shit, did I just claim all humans are child predators? Using your logic, I did.

because I did no such thing. SHE is the one who did that with her assumption that all transgenders had child predator convictions. I simply reported and commented on what she said. If you have a problem with that, take it up with Michelle Duggar. Although I doubt she'll give a shit.

I don't like them either, but that's not going to change the mind of a network. Wish you well, and I lived in Benton County for awhile. Still kind of ashamed of being in the same state as they are.

Hopefully they don't try in-vitro to get a 20th kid. Her uterus might spontaneously combust.

and I don't watch the show but people can give money to candidates as they see fit.

I don't sign petitions any more.

I doubt anyone wants any "past child predators" to come in contact with kids, but that has nothing to do with transgendered, or as she says "males...that claim they are females".

Giving protections to glbt has nothing to do with child predation like she is saying.

No

Though I believe their opinion is wrong on several issues I cannot support limited their ability to make a living.

IMO that would have been the same as petitioning to have Queer Eye taken off the air because they were gay.

A person's politics should be considered in relation to their employment only in very limited circumstances.

...and put the pressure on them! That will make this stain-on-culture disappear faster than anything.

I signed it today, and passed it on. That includes to my daughters, one who is a lesbian, and all their friends.

As a mother myself, I find Michelle Duggar pathetic, on many levels. Would they be where they are now without the big $$$$$ from TV?

The idea of war-by-attrition may escape others, but in my book having that many children for the sole purpose of have a quiverfull and out-procreating other races, is a dead end road we'll all pay for.

That's all I have to say about the Duggar Family.

It's not just that. They're no different than the Duck Dynasty asshats. They're just phony on every level. And they're popular with religious bigots because they present themselves as being über religious, when they're really not.

The Duggars are more or less from the same mold - ignorant hicks acting like ignorant hicks for the amusement of cable TV subscribers.

They have every right to be on the air. And you have every right not to watch them.

dollars. Cancel your cable, go over the air and Roku, but be sure to tell them why. No money from you, no money for them.

Done!

Well, done already in the past. I don't miss cable at all after being exposed again to it recently. I've filled my time with doing other more productive things of self betterment. And it's working.

Cut the cable and live your life!

Hopefully someone will have a talk with them and get the facts straight. I don't think they'll cancel the show.

K & R

They make me sick.

Look I will admit 19 Kids and Counting is my guilty pleasure. When I first became aware of the family (when #16 was born, I wrote a MySpace blog about how the parents need to spayed or neutered). They're the train wreck I can't help but watch as well as a fascinating case study on Republicans (he ran for US senate in 2002).

I will admit that if I ever had video editing skills, I'd do a parody intro and call the show 19 cats and counting about a crazy cat lady.

The only reason TLC seems to cancel shows is when they go down in scandal. I predict the oldest son (who works for a hate group) will be caught in a gay sex scandal (as many anti-gay politicians are) that will bring the show down.

They're allowed to back a candidate. That being said, anyone who would vote for someone based on a call from the Duggars is not someone with enough brain power to listen to solid political arguments.