Regarding “Mormon bashers” might we ask which bunch of Mormons it is who are legitimate and which ones are illegitimate? I’d hate to be bashing the phony ones and wasting my time (if I were bashing Mormons).
Huh? No idea what you are going on about. My point was simply that recently there was a lot of Mormon bashing here. That may have always been the case on the religion forums, I wouldn't really know. What I have seen though, is that anti-LDS venom is being spewed all over the regular discussion threads. I think this is because almost all of us opposed Romney in the primaries and perhaps overlooked some of it. In that sense, maybe we are all at fault for not speaking up loudly enough before this nonsense spread.
There have always been cranks, crazies, religious bigots, conspiracy theorists, tin foil hatters, etc, here. That is part of any political forum, and not necessarily a bad thing. The key for a healthy forum is that the vast majority of grounded, sane, reasonable people keep the fringe in check. What has happened, unfortunately, is the anti-Mormon(ism) vitriol being spewed was allowed to go unchecked for too long. That has badly affected these forums and probably driven a lot of good, decent conservatives away.