It’s been a while since we’ve had a Duggar-related homophobia controversy, but it just wouldn’t be Christmas without a member of reality TV’s largest and most obnoxious family saying or doing something that alienates a large segment of the population.
This year, it’s Jessa Duggar’s turn.
Jessa, as you may know, has already shown a real talent in terms of pissing off people who aren’t exactly like her or who dare to have differing views.
Take the time Jessa compared abortion to the holocaust, for example.
With one social media tirade, the 24-year-old managed to offend countless groups. Impressive, in a terrible way.
You can’t teach that sort of thing, and Jessa’s parents no doubt beamed with pride over their daughter’s ability to use her religious beliefs to denigrate others.
Now, Jessa is proving once again that she’s the LeBron James of cultural insensitivity, coming through in the clutch to drain a pre-holiday buzzer beater of hate.
Jessa knows that she’s at a stage in her “career” where she’s vulnerable to being canned by TLC if she’s too outspoken in her ultra-right-wing views.
After all, the Duggars have been canceled once already for being atrocious, and their new series has consistently pulled in lackluster ratings.
Plus, she probably learned a thing or two about keeping her prejudices relatively low-key after Phil Robertson got fired from Duck Dynasty for his disgusting comments about the gay community.
That brings us to Jessa’s newest Instagram video, in which she subtly passes her bigotry on to the next generation:
The above video shows Jessa watching the HGTV home improvement series Fixer Upper.
That may seem innocent enough (and who knows? Maybe it is.), but fans have read a lot into this post.
The show’s stars, Chip and Joanna Gaines, were recently criticized for their alleged anti-gay views, and many are taking Jessa’s video as her way of throwing her support behind them.
This could be a case of social media users overreacting, but it does seem strange that Jessa never posted anything about the Gaines before they were involved in their current controversy.
If it were anyone else, perhaps we’d give them the benefit of the doubt.
But when the Duggars are involved, if it looks like their expressing some old-fashioned, ass-backwards prejudice, they probably are.
