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Jill Duggar: Why Is She Hated By Counting On Fans?

At first glance, Jill Duggar appears to be about as completely innocent and innocuous as any human being can be. Jill is a young mother of two with a husband in law school. She used to make big bucks as a reality star, but these days, she’s a stay-at-home mom who occasionally supplements her family’s income by working as a midwife . But as with just about everything involving the Duggar family, there’s more to Jill than meets the eye. And a lot of what’s just beneath the surface is the sort of stuff that the Duggars would probably prefer to keep out of the spotlight. Jill is one of the least well-liked members of the Duggar family. You may have had the experience of wandering into the comments section on one of Jill’s Instagram posts and wondering why she’s so widely despised. As it happens, there’s no one answer to that question. The biggest problem for many fans is that Jill stuck by her husband after he was kicked off of the family’s reality show. Derick was fired from Counting On for launching a transphobic tirade against fellow network star Jazz Jennings. Jill not only refused to speak out against her husband’s bigotry, she also quit the show as a gesture of solidarity, leaving her family with no visible means of support. It’s not hard to see why many fans may have been chagrined by that decision. But it’s certainly not the only reason that so many fans are so unforgiving of Jill. Many fans take issue with Jill’s method of homeschooling her children. These people point out that the mother of two continues to rely on materials provided by the Institute for Basic Life Principles. The curriculum has been heavily criticized in the past for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that children are taught that sexual assault victims are often to blame for their perpetrators’ crimes. This is an especially disturbing teaching in the Duggar family, which has been beset by numerous sex scandals . Others who criticize Jill’s parenting focus on what they say is the lack of proper nutrition in her household. Jill is famously averse to including vegetables in the meals she prepares. Incidents such as the time she and her kids walked several miles to a Chick-Fil-A location highlight the importance of junk food in her children’s lives. Jill has also been criticized for her housekeeping, and in the past, she has not shied away from sharing photos of her “messy” home on social media. It’s possible that fans are right to be concerned about Jill’s parenting methods and belief system. But it’s just as possible that this is just a case of too much social media scrutiny combined with a widespread bias against her family. We’ll leave it up to you to decide if Jill is as bad as her harshest critics claim. View Slideshow: Jill Duggar & Derick Dillard: Here’s Why Fans Think They’re Getting Divorced

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Jill Duggar: Why Is She Hated By Counting On Fans?

Derick Dillard: Driving Away the Duggars’ Closest Friends?

Earlier today, we explored the question of why Jill Duggar is hated by so many Counting On viewers. Now, it’s time to answer the much simpler question of why Duggar fans are so often critical of Derick Dillard. As you’re probably aware, Derick was fired from Counting On  back in 2017 after launching a bigoted bullying campaign against fellow TLC star Jazz Jennings. Needless to say, many fans of the Duggar clan were not terribly thrilled by the situation. And it seems some of Jim Bob and Michelle’s closest friends also took issue with Derick’s behavior on social media. For over a decade, the Duggars have been close friends with the Bates family, stars of WeTV’s Bringing Up Bates . Like the Duggars, the Bates are a massive evangelical clan whose unorthodox belief system and penchant for extreme breeding practices earned them a basic cable reality show. The Bates never became as popular as the Duggars — but they’re also considerably less problematic. The Bates share the Duggars’ ultra-conservative belief system, but it seems they draw the line at public expressions of bigotry, such as Derick’s campaign against Jazz. As many Reddit users have now pointed out, several members of the Bates family used to follow Derick on Twitter and Instagram. Now, it looks as though the entire family has unfollowed Derick. “The shunning begins,” wrote one viewer. “The Bates family have unfollowed Jill and Derick. Individual accounts unfollowing just Derick, meanwhile Ben unfollowed him, who’s next?” “For as much as they probably agree with what he’s saying, at some point, they don’t want to be responsible for negative attention that this will invariably draw,” another fan remarked. While it’s likely true that the Bates were not personally offended by Derick’s views, it seems they’ve decided to distance themselves from the controversial law school student. But despite the reports to the contrary, the Bates have not entirely cut ties with the Duggars. Insiders claim Jim Bob and Michelle are as close as ever with Gil and Kelly Bates. In fact, the couples have reportedly made plans to celebrate their next wedding anniversaries together. So it seems that the Bates decided that they’d like to remain close with the Duggars while completely severing ties with Derick. Something tells us that will be an increasingly commonplace arrangement in the years to come. View Slideshow: Jill Duggar & Derick Dillard: Here’s Why Fans Think They’re Getting Divorced

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Derick Dillard: Driving Away the Duggars’ Closest Friends?