You know, it's quite something to see the usual Tough on Crime crowd

twisting themselves into knots explaining that Josh Duggar isn't a criminal because, after all, he was just a kid.

Of course, they're hobbled by their punitive binary. All they can see is the choice "forgive" or "stone him to death!!!". Josh is famous, and white, and very Christian (by their lights), so they want to pick option a every time. It's sad, really, that they can't break free from this mindset long enough to see that there might be another approach to justice.

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