Appropo phrasing for the
Why?
Well, Rip, just hours before his zotting, took umbridge that I had the nerve to cite a Mormon blog seeking to Name the new "Mormon of the Year." See: Nominate the 2011 Mormon of the Year [Harry Reid won award in 2009; Romney won in 2008]
Ripliancum's comment was the first out of the block -- and he claimed I was "dragging...up" some obscure Mormon site. Yet, the sanctioned Mormon church blogger @ Deseret News had twice mentioned "Hat tip to" that Mormon blog site over the past 26 months.
If the sanctioned Mormon church blogger "Hat tips" a Mormon blog site, apparently that was fine & dandy with Ripliancum. As soon as I highlighted that same site, Rip had sudden issues.
Hat tip to those ever-vigilant about Mormonic lies and deceptions!
Toward the end of Rip's FREEPER life, his credibility began to deteriorate. He had fallen to new Mormon lows in the past few months when he also tried to deny the plain Mormon teaching by numerous Lds "prophets" that Mormons seek their own planets as gods)
Lessons to be "learned" on Rip's FREEPER life of late:
#1: Although there was plenty to despise about the "Book of Mormon" production on Broadway, the "I Believe" song part of the musical unveiled lyrics about Mormons wanting their own planets. Mormons can't stand too much spoof exposure of their beliefs and will begin to back away from some of the more incredulous parts of them.
#2: Some Mormons, like RIP, do the same thing with Harry Reid politically. Only instead of holding the Mormon church accountable for the platforms it gives to Harry Reid (invited him to speak to all students, faculty October 2007; + he is a sanctioned "home teacher" in the Lds church), Rip (along with other FREEPER Mormons) would take aim at those who unveiled those overt linkages re: Mormons promoting Harry Reid.
To too many Mormons, the problem wasn't Harry Reid himself -- or the Mormon church elevating Harry Reid. The problem was those who exposed such linkages...because, again, Mormons don't want the ridicule baggage that comes along with being an id'd Mormon.
As Harry Reid told the BYU audience, he was a Democrat precisely because he was Mormon!
“And this is a nice example of a Blue Period zot.”