wow - 23 posts before someone began to claim persecution
Just so that we are clear: Reaganesque did not claim that he was personally persecuted. He simply pointed out the historical fact that Mormons were persecuted in the Nineteenth Century.
You might also have noted that it took just 20 posts for someone to use the term "con man" in reference to Joseph Smith. That was followed by such measured and dispassionate descriptions as "delusional pathological liar," "a foundation of lies and deceit," and so on.
Religious bigotry is never a pretty sight.