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Posted on 12/12/2007 6:27:59 PM PST by jveritas
Dear FRiends
It really pains me to see some of those vicious anti-Mormons attacks we see on Free Republic disguised under the “freedom of speech. Attacking people based on their Mormon faith is really disgusting and it is an insult to this great forum. People who do not like Governor Mitt Romney based on his positions are free to express their opinion as such, but people who attack him because he is a Mormom should be ashamed of themselves and must not be allowed to do so.
I greatly hope that Free Republic members and moderators will get together and help in stopping this anti-Mormon vitriol, this great Free Republic must not be tainted by these shameless acts.
This is what the religion moderator has on her/his homepage.
As much as is possible I try to use a progressive method with uncooperative Religion Forum posters – a warning, and if that warning is ignored, a cookie (making him log in again), and if that is ignored, an hour suspension … and so on up to a banishment. I do this because an occasional misstep on such sensitive matters as one’s confession should be tolerable. But I will not be ignored.
Posters who have been previously banned and try to come back with a different handle will be banished as soon as they are “found out.” Some retreads stay off the “radar” by behaving themselves, but once they start picking fights – they cause the moderators – any of us – to investigate. If you have been previously banned and want to come back on the forum, make a request, promise not to do whatever caused the first banning.
A poster may also be banned in an instant if he is discovered to be a racist, a hate monger including an anti-Semitist, troll, anti-Freeper, etc.
There will be people on the forum who are anti- your confession whether anti-Christian, anti-Calvinist, anti-Catholic, anti-Protestant, anti-Mormon, anti-Atheist, anti-Scientologist and so on. As long as they are arguing for their position on an “Open” thread – and are not using hate mongering material such as the false “oath for Knights of Columbus” or Jack Chick cartoons – and are otherwise abiding by the guidelines, their challenges will be tolerated.
Threads that become “toxic” – which is to say have devolved into an unredeemable mess of hurt feelings will be locked or pulled. I prefer to lock the threads because many posters put a great deal of effort in their replies and would like to keep them bookmarked.
No argument there, you are free to support or oppose whoever you wish, for whatever reasons. But there are consequences of calling other FReepers (who have not supported the liberal causes Romney espoused when running for the governorship of Massachusetts) "cultists".
Attack Mitt Romney any way you choose, but remember most people who share his religion are usually always on our side. They don't need to be attacked in the process of saying why Mitt Romney would not be the best choice as President.
As someone who was once an Acolyte in the Episcopal church, I resemble that remark.
On Oct. 27, 1838, Missouri Gov. Lilburn Boggs issued an extermination order, directing that Mormons be driven from the state or exterminated. By 1839, virtually all Mormons had been driven from the state.
I think it was Sam Johnson who criticized the early Methodists as people who slaughtered young children and drank their blood. He was in error ~ but he didn't know it at the time.
None of the anti-Mormon sites accuse Mormons of what Johnson accused the Methodists of doing.
After Romney’s speech I was convinced that the one thing he really does believe is his religion.
His conversions to all things conservative are not believable.
Not correct.
And you really need to stop worrying about what “they” will think of us Freepers. The more you seek to appease “them”, the more you will become like “them”.
My interest is in what jveritas believes is a vicious anti-Mormon attack.
you forgot to begin with “my dear woman...’
only teasing.
Time for the others to get with the picture and sign on. It would change the nature of the criticisms directed at them.
Please Muawiyah... this is not funny.
Agree on the not conservative, but his parents are Episcopalians and he was raised one.
Until the recent one, San Diego has had Conservative Episcopal Bishops. One was also a ret. Capt. with two purple hearts.
A priest here who is rector of a parish served in Iraq a year ago.
Ret. Marine General Victor Krulak, Commandant of the Marines as was his son is an Episcopalian here and another son an Episcopal Priest.
You are incorrect. In fact, Baptists, who are one of the largest Protestant bodies, specifically reject any and all creeds.
I do believe there is a Religion Forum on this site. Perhaps you should discuss such issues *there* and leave political candidates out of it since they typically do not serve in the upper echelons of their churches.
If the goal is to make serious discussions about religious doctrine, not taking swipes at political candidates, the Religion Forum would seem like the perfect venue for that. But, my guess is that most of the Mormon-bashing is essentially Romney-bashing and they have no interest at all in making religious points, only political points.
Please Muawiyah... this is not funny. You know exactly what I meant and please do not play with words.
At FR we have to be on our guard to not engage in uncivil remarks about religion as the 6’ Leprechaun on FOXNews would love to tear us apart for such a thing.
Hence,.. my original reply.
If by 'here' you mean on the News/Activism Forum, you are correct, it belongs in the Religion Forum, or possibly The Smokey Backroom.
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