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"Why are people so OBSESSED about Mormonism, in a way they’re not obsessed over, say, Lutherens or 7-Day Adventists or snake handlers, for goodness sake. I really just don’t get it. It’s like a cult."..."This is a world dangerously full of threats, and Mormons simply aren't one of them. As I say, I just plain don't get it."

Obsession is not the right word, but reasons anti-Mormon posts occur frequently on FR include:

When Romney first ran in 2008, Mormons pushed using the internet to promote Romney and Mormonism especially at the universities. Mormons discovered FreeRepublic in mass and inundated us with pro-mormon propaganda articles. Many Freepers would refute the propaganda and I believe this is the environment that Colofornian began regular posts showing the absurdity of Mormon beliefs.
In case you didn't notice, Mormons just promoted a RINO liberal candidate on the GOP ticket for U.S. President. And with help from the GOPe and the MSM, he knocked out conservative candidates only to deliver a loss to the most unpopular incumbent President ever. Those Mormon's you call "conservative" backed this Liberal candidate because he was one of their own and they cost us an election. That is a political and economic threat.
Had Romney won, we would have had a Presidential Role Model who was a follower of an anti-Christian religion. That is a spiritual threat, with the potential to negatively affect many many lives and I don't know how you can't see that. Did you not see Romney pushing his Mormonism at the Republican convention and trying to turn it into an asset instead of a liability?

Neither Lutherans, 7th Day Adventists nor snake handlers have ever knocked on my door to try to sell me their religion. That makes Mormon's more of a threat. It might not affect politics or the economy. But it's worse, the consequences of getting God and salvation wrong are eternal. What Mormons do affects people's eternal souls. That's a serious threat.

Neither Lutherans, 7th Day Adventists nor snake handlers put propaganda on FreeRepublic, at least not regularly. They may have doctrinal errors, but they aren't parading them on this forum so you won't see many articles dissembling their beliefs.

And of those three, Only 7th Day Adventists got the two critical doctrines on the nature of God and salvation wrong.

Snake handlers err by not understanding what it means to tempt the Lord. Thus they engage in dangerous behavior in hopes of either forcing the Lord to perform miracles to protect them from their actions or in hopes of impressing others with an outward demonstration of their faith. It is error, but it's not an error in either of the core doctrines. And their error reaps it's own reward. They are not a growing group. They aren't aggressively evangelizing. And they haven't nominated anyone for President. They aren't much of a threat.

Lutherans used to preach a reasonably accurate version of Christ and salvation. Since a portion of them embraced homosexuality and most of their members abandoned the Lutheran church in response, I'd be seriously surprised that they still preach an accurate version of Christ and salvation and err only on the doctrine of sexuality. I know there are different groups of Lutherans and they didn't all embrace homosexuality. I don't know what they preach now, but they aren't waiving it around on Freerepublic or knocking on my door, so again I don't waste time on them.

7th Day Adventist does get the core doctrines wrong, believing that in addition to faith in Jesus you must maintain their version of the law. Theirs is a salvation by works not of grace. So while their doctrine does represent a serious spiritual threat to those they can draw in, they don't seem to very active evangelizers, so again the threat is mitigated.

Lutherans used to preach a reasonably accurate version of Christ and salvation. Since a portion of them embraced homosexuality and most of their members abandoned the Lutheran church in response, I'd be seriously surprised that they still preach an accurate version of Christ and salvation and err only on the doctrine of sexuality. I know there are different groups of Lutherans and they didn't all embrace homosexuality. I don't know what they preach now, but they aren't waiving it around on Freerepublic or knocking on my door, so again I don't waste time on them.

The Missouri Synod has not abandoned Christ on the issues concerning Abortion or Homosexuality.

That being said, at least judging by the Church I attend, there is not much of a focus on personal salvation. They seem to be DEEPLY steeped into predestination, to the point that they apparently don't think Man needs to do all the things that Jesus commanded in the New Testament, like Repent and Believe, in order to be born-again. Mind you, there is not value even in these actions, however, Christ still commands that we approach Him in this manner if we desire to receive ANYTHING from him.

Obsession is not the right word...

It is when you're trying to aggravate folks and get them off their game.