Fascism in Plain Sight (Recap of Ep3 of Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets)

TW: religious abuse, sexual abuse, family cover-up of abuse, psychological abuse, harsh punishment of children), controlling parenting, grooming and sexual abuse.

Here's a breakdown of the episode and the topics:

0:00 Introduction, brief non-specific mention on Joshua Duggar’s child pornography charges.

2:00 Discussion of free labor in evangelical spaces

23:00 Discussion of sexual abuse from Gothard and sexual abuse within the IBLP.

This is the third of a four episode series called Too Many Cults, where Krispin and Lindsay Strannigan (from The Holy Ghosting Podcast, and DL’s sister) recap the docuseries Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets  on Amazon Prime.

This episode we talk about how both IBLP and Jim Bob Duggar hold onto money while those with less power do unpaid work. We also talk about how Gothard created an environment in the IBLP that encouraged abuse to exist with impunity. Krispin shares a bit of the parallels he saw in his own evangelical community in response to his disclosure of sexual abuse by a family membr.

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