Listen,
It was a simple question I answered it simply.
But you got me curious and I decided to see who was posting the Mormon articles. Below are the results.
Colorfornian: 16 threads
Restornu: 13 threads
greyfoxx39: 7 threads
The Don: 6 threads
SVCW: 3 threads
Alex Murphy: 3 threads
So my math and checking might be off a little but out of the past 48 threads:
19 out of 48 posted by people who ‘support’ the Mormon church. 40%
29 out of 48 threads posted by people who it appears do not ‘support’ the Mormon church. 60%
About what I posted isn’t it?
I posted only a few handfuls of threads throughout '07 and '08 -- sometimes going 1/3rd of a year or more without posting anything. Many more FReepers were involved in posting threads involving Ldsism in those 2 years. Why? Because Lds were commonly in the news.
And that's my point. Lds want to make these threads issues about the posters. (And you're just reinforcing that). The focus, instead, should be the content of the articles & related commentary to what that content is.
This isn't about the personalities of FR commentators; it's always been about the newsmakers. Those who abnormally focus upon the posters want to distract readers off of the issues.
A FR poster for a while was posting threads pertaining to sexual abuse by religious leaders. Did the Christian community become paranoid that someone was shining a light on dark corners to make Christians look bad? (No) Religious leaders who are abusing kids should have that light turned their way -- and folks shouldn't get all hyper protecting them (except for those who happen to be innocent).
So? Your point?
So what is the point of your research on who posts and why? Are you congratulating those of us non-mormons for keeping the mormon church in the spotlight and bringing to light many facts that members and the general public are unaware of? If so, thanks!
Are you complaining and suggesting that only mormons should be allowed to post articles that are carefully vetted to continue the message that LDS leaders approve?
Are you planning on spending the time you have invested in your research of who is posting what on FR in researching the facts we post and presenting the sourced, linked rebuttal of those facts so that the discussion may be continued? I would welcome any thread you post that brings your opinion of the mormon message to us for discussion...as long as it is an (Open) thread. That would be a welcome change.