Jill Duggar is in a tough spot.
She’s committed to both her dense husband, Derick Dillard, and the ultra-conservative values of her upbringing, but at the same time, she seems well aware that the core tenets of both often come into conflict with her compassionate tendencies and her belief in Christian charity.
Jill has attempted to live comfortably in both worlds by distancing herself from Derick’s comments, while simultaneously standing by her man.
She’s implied that she doesn’t share all of Derick’s views, but she also quit Counting On as a gesture of solidarity after he got fired from the show.
Unfortunately, it seems that Jill has struck a compromise that pleases no one.
Her more left-leaning fans remain unimpressed by her refusal to speak out against Derick more directly, while her conservative followers feel that Jill is undermining the beliefs she was raised with by suggesting she sometimes disagrees with her husband.
It’s a conflict that keeps resulting in tense debates in the comments of her Instagram page.
And Jill’s latest post has resulted in a full-blown battleground:
Jill posted the above photo yesterday, along with a caption reading:
“Congrats to my little Aivah on her kindergarten graduation!”
She added the hashtag “#proudmadrina,” and many fans pointed out that “madrina” is Spanish for godmother.
The photo comes on the heels of a series of a post in which Derick praised Donald Trump and joked about his eldest son helping to build “the Wall” along America’s southern border.
For obvious reasons, many of Jill’s followers were struck by the sharp contrast of the spouse’s recent social media activity.
And some went so far as to call Jill out for hypocrisy:
“You’re with Latinos but you want that wall to be built… y’all funny as f–k,” wrote one follower.
“Funny how Derick taught Izzy all about the Wall to keep people out, and here you are showcasing your ‘brown’ friends. Oh the hypocrisy,” commented another.
“That whole ‘I can’t be a bigot, cause my bffs neighbors, cousins nephew is gay and I have no problem with him,’ schtick,” remarked a third, adding:
“What mixed messages poor Israel must be getting. Racism at home and facades in public.”
Of course, Jill also found some support from those who agree with her family’s more conservative views:
“Typical liberal hypocrisy, intolerant of others who don’t share their beliefs,” wrote one follower.
“We ‘brown’ people have been in their lives for years now, no hypocrisy,” commented another.
“Everyone is entitled to their own opinions about everything. That’s what makes us all unique.”
Obviously, as is always the case with this sort of thing, nothing was resolved, and no one changed their mind.
And yet, the debate rages on.
We’d say Jill should just avoid posting about politics, but we’re pretty sure that’s what she’s trying to do.
Unfortunately for her, it’s 2018, and literally everything is political.
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