Yep, From The Left It Is Hatred
Apparently, for the election, the Orange County (California) Weekly ran a cover depicting Mitt Romney as the Angel Moroni. Now they are complaining about the complaints they received. I wish I could quote some of the piece but it is so full of obscenity that I cannot find sufficient material to reprint without it. Apparently obscenity substitutes for reason or arguments. The heart of the defense seems to be that they work overtime to be rude, offensive and obscene about all religion, not just Mormonism.
I get it, being rude, offensive, and obscene is a problem only if you reserve it for certain groups.
One does not know how to refute this because there is not enough substance to grab onto to even begin to form a basis for discussion. It is; however, clearly indicative of one of the hurdles we must overcome. This is not disagreement, this is hatred. We have always relied on the presumption that such hatred is a small minority, better left on the fringes than engaged. The piece makes specific mention of same sex marriage and given that such prevailed in four states, one must begin to wonder if this hatred is now no longer such a fringe minority.
Some major rethinks are in order.
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JLF9999 on 20 Nov 2012 at 12:18 pm #
John, you sound as though this was unexpected. It is not. In fact is just about exactly what Mormons hear regularly from so-called “Christians” who protest at many LDS events. The only difference is that Evangelicals of a certain stripe protest in front of temples regularly and the media – just like the one you quote – take shots at us less frequently.
CarlH on 20 Nov 2012 at 5:49 pm #
Of course, you’re spot on about the hate from the Left, but I think it is an equal-opportunity hatred for any conservative. The Mormon angle is just a too-convenient hook when it comes to Romney. They would have found other ways to express their hatred for any other GOP/Conservative candidate–and some of it would have been (and, indeed, was in fact) religious bigotry, at least against a Catholic or “Evangelical” candidate. Have we already forgotten the way in which the Left went after Santorum’s Catholicism, Perry’s supposed Methodist/”Evangelical” ambivalence, Rubio’s Catholic-to-Mormon-to-Catholic religious journey, or any other number of ways in which the Left has used any and all means to demonize a conservative candidate (and yes I realize that there is no little irony to the use the word “demonize” in the context of religious attacks)?
John Schroeder on 20 Nov 2012 at 6:21 pm #
JLF – I am aware of the Evangelicals (usually Fundamentalists actually) that picket at LDS event, and I know they can be rude, but if they are obscene and as derisive as this thing, – I won’t claim them as Christian.