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Yeah, you equate a couple of roughneck hillbillys acting in the far frontier of a frontier settlement--without knowledge, much less consent of anyone in authority--to the INSTITUTIONALIZED persecution, led by prominent Methodist and Baptist clergy, as well as elected officials--though without true color of law and in such a way that was condemned as "criminal" just a few years later by the Federal authorities that had to take over Missouri just a few years later.

Par for your course, you cretin.

Yeah, you equate a couple of roughneck hillbillys acting in the far frontier of a frontier settlement--without knowledge, much less consent of anyone in authority--to the INSTITUTIONALIZED persecution, led by prominent Methodist and Baptist clergy, as well as elected officials--though without true color of law and in such a way that was condemned as "criminal" just a few years later by the Federal authorities that had to take over Missouri just a few years later.

Joe Smith commanded a militia and was a mayor. He ran for president.

He also ordered thugs to attack a newspaper.

It has been said that one should not stir up old $h!t as it will stink as bad as it did at first. If you are tired of hearing about Mountain Meadows there is another massacre for you.
In 1862 many of the mormons, about 500, began to think of Brigham Young as a false prophet and separated themselves from the church. They were led by a man named Joseph Morris and were referred to as the Morrisites.
Young, not wanting a rival prophet, ordered the Nauvoo leagion to attack and destroy them which they did, firing cannon into the men, women, and children with abandon. They then rode in shooting everyone they saw. Both Morris and Joseph Banks were killed.(Banks, slightly wounded died not long after drinking a cup of "water" given to him by the Brighamite surgeon.)
After it was over Brigham Young said this...
"Morris and Banks will be taken no doubt, but if I had my way I would spare neither man, woman, or child..."

The US Army later resettled many of the Morrisites at Soda Springs, Idaho.

Stir, Stir, Stir!

without knowledge, much less consent of anyone in authority

What a complete load of ****.

Main Entry: cre·tin
Pronunciation: 'krE-t&n
Function: noun
Etymology: French crétin, from French dialect cretin, literally, wretch, innocent victim, from Latin christianus Christian
Date: 1779
1 : one afflicted with cretinism
2 : a stupid, vulgar, or insensitive person : CLOD, LOUT
- cre·tin·ous /-t&n-&s/ adjective

Stop right now - your behavior is not appropriate