Asks Glenn Beck, a Mormon, speaking to Evangelical Christians, reported in the NYT.
During his special program, Mr. Beck took questions from mostly evangelical Christian listeners, colorfully debunking misperceptions about Mormonism. The “magic underwear” was compared to a skullcap, and Mr. Beck insisted that polygamy was seen as a “perversion” in the modern church.
“It’s not weird to be a Mormon,” he assured his listeners at the end of the program, “and it’s not weird to be president if you’re Mormon.”
It's fascinating — isn't it? — how little anti-Mormon material has been spread about in this election. The only notable person who seems to be going there is
Andrew Sullivan:
Andrew Sullivan recently posted YouTube footage of LDS temple ceremonies in an effort to turn Romney’s Mormonism into an argument against his candidacy.
The video posted by Sullivan was shot surreptitiously inside LDS temples by a former Mormon who wanted to use the publicity connected with the Romney campaign to embarrass the LDS community. (The video creator enhanced the footage with his own monologue — wearing a gorilla mask — and spooky "Carmina Burana" soundtrack.)...
I think most Americans have a deep sensibility respecting religion and don't care to look into details about any given sect that could be exploited to make outsiders see it as bizarre. Sullivan, like Joe Biden, is a Catholic. You could make an equivalent YouTube video holding Catholics up to derision and contempt. That's generally not how we behave in America. I wonder who is more susceptible to this anti-Mormon material: the middle Americans who are aggregated under the "Evangelical Christians" label, who listen to Glenn Beck, or the affluent, educated coastal Americans who read Andrew Sullivan and the New York Times? Whichever, the notable fact is that there has been very little effort to stimulate anti-Mormon sentiment, and that's an excellent thing about America.
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Unbelieveable Ritmo.
Except that it's completely in character for a psycho bullshitter.
Over 600 comments. At least a third of them Ritmo's. Every Ritmo comment easily boiled down to 3/4 foaming at the mouth, 1/8 outright lying, 1/8 self-delusion and he found several intelligent people to engage. This is how they live their lives. Ritmo and other narcissists like him can always find another well meaning person to engage until they walk away shaking their heads. Pity the people who live with them and can't get away.
Pity the people who live with them and can't get away.
Ritmo is an only child and lives alone. I learned this yesterday rereading some threads, looking for a certain one to meet his challenge.
“There was lots of effort to stimulate anti Mormon thinking. They stopped because it wasn’t working.”
Yep. And how disingenuous of Althouse to ignore this.
Why, it's almost ... wait for it ... oh, go ahead and say it UGLY!
There.
Hey, wanted to say... missed you around North Dallas Thirty.
I hope life is treating you well.
The Democrats would have lapped up a metaphorical anti-Mormon pogrom if they thought they could get away with it. The problem is that too many of us who aren't Mormon know some Mormons, and generally know them as upright, patriotic, and honest, very good neighbors in fact.
People who try to scare people with Mitt Romney's Mormonism are the same kind of people who screamed about JFK's Catholicism. Bigots.
I shudder to think what the first Jewish president will have to go through.
"Ritmo is an only child and lives alone."
Understandable. Probably several people are pretty happy about that. My poor sister should have gotten away from her version of Ritmo much sooner.
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