Who better to spread the message?
Mormons have 60,000 single missionaries and untold couples out spreading their message. A few disputing the mormon message on FR can't be seen as a whole lot of competition....as to the "bashing", you can see from the article that the "persecution" meme comes directly from the top.
But you are only persecuted by mormons, not non-mormons. So why do you care? I think there must be some revenge in it for you.