Recognizing a bigoted statement, action or opinion does not make one a bigot, and it is absurd to claim that it does.
The repeated actions on this board of posting an anti-ISM screed, waiting for folks to respond, then pouncing 2, 3, 4 at a time - sometimes calling in others to witness the feeding frenzy - for something as benign as commenting in a way that does not loudly declare that one is ANTI_ISM!!! - that practice on this forum has lead many “visitors” to quickly discern a bigotry (btw - much that is true is not original, so the “that’s original, are you an anti-anti...” response is a complete non sequitur.
I am not the lone observer of this practice. The interesting irony is that you have created an insular orthodoxy around hating a specific insular orthodoxy - and woe betide the unwitting “wanderer” who dares ventures here without promptly displaying their hatred for the ISM. Similar to news items about folks wandering into the “wrong” neighborhood. Just wondering - would the person who commenting on the bigotry of those who killed the carload of folks “not from around here” be rightly considered a bigot himself?
Sure it does. It says a LOT about you and your willingness to "tolerate" falsehoods...counterfeits...and cults.
And when this is integrated politically, it tells us that people who tend to hold these convictions also think it would be "bigoted" to consider the jihadist worldviews of a Muslim candidate...
Or it would be "bigoted" to consider the other-worldly worldviews of a Scientologist candidate...[Where this weighs in is a "character" issue -- a candidate's gullibility to deception...which applies not only to the religious realm but also foreign policy, etc...Discernment of a candidate is a character issue oft' forgotten in people who think of formal "job descriptions"...Yet you want to reduce this all to mere "bigotry" -- as if ONLY the worldview of the evaluative voter matters and ne'er the worldview of the candidate under consideration...how ludicrous]
I can just see the day...the year is 2024...a Satanist candidate runs for POTUS...and you rush in to threads to lecture and scold posters for highlighting the Satanic beliefs of that candidate...I suppose you would be consistent in calling them "bigots," too, eh?
Or why even bother with hypotheticals? There's been COUNTLESS threads on FR highlighting both the supposed closet Muslim views of Obama...along with his ties to Jeremiah Wright.
I supposed you've displayed your convictions in those threads, too, eh? Have you gone in there and accused others of being "bigots" vs. Islam? No? Why how convenient?
And if not, then how religiously dual-faced and hypocritical.
If you're speaking out of religious conviction here in your ongoing tirade vs. perceived "bigotry," then you've got a LOT of work to do on other threads...Better get your lecture tour in order.
Otherwise, I openly challenge and question you on your lack of consistency...which has already been well-displayed by your open resistance to applying your Virgil Goode win (say the state of CA) vs. the same Q as applied to Mitt Romney (can he win the state of CA?).
Actually, part of what's being addressed here is your own religious worldviews 100% apart from whatever you believe or don't believe about Mormonism.
For example, your very Qs in post #204 imply -- and perhaps you could clarify them -- but they imply that you "compartmentalize" "religion" from "politics."
I don't embrace that silliness. People integrate their other-worldly worldviews into all areas of life.
What Qs in post #204 am I referencing?
These: ...is there concern from the antiMormonISM crowd here that if Romney is elected president that his belief in MormonISM will have some terrible effect on our country (worse than that of a second Obama presidency)? If so, what is that fear, what is the damage that you perceive Romney will visit upon the US? ... Do you believe Romney is as evil a choice as Obama, or worse? If so, why? Is it related to his belief in the LDS teachings??
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...woe betide the unwitting “wanderer” who dares ventures here without promptly displaying their hatred for the ISM
Well, first of all, since I believe you have some Biblical moorings in your life, please show us from the Bible where we as Christians are ever called to be "neutral" toward falsehoods?
2 Cor. 10:3-5 and Jude 3 and Titus 1:9 are enough verses for me where Paul, etc. said there is a "battleground" mentality Christians are to have vs. all that elevates itself "against the knowledge of God": 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. (2 Cor. 10:5)
You seemed to have a rather feeble approach to approaching falsehoods...as evidenced by what you said in post #204: ...this is a discussion of ISM - I got that. I don’t believe in it, don’t defend it, never have
Don't overwhelm us if you ever applied this same lack of passion to...say, Obama, Dems, liberals, or pro-aborts!