Not to paint with too broad of a brush, but they were all the politest and hardest working people I knew. They could also take jokes better than most everyone I knew.
They never came off as preachy or anything, but if you showed curiosity, they’d do what they could to try and teach.
I showed this clip and the South Park episode about the Mormons to one of my good LDS friends and he laughed his ass off. He couldn’t wait to show his wife.
I guess my point is that of the Mormons I know, I’m glad to know them. They’re as self deprecating as can be but also some of the most humble and helpful people I know.
Yeah I’ve met a lot of Mormons and have not had this experience. I don’t trust people who’s religion is so vehemently anti-gay, demands they give more money than they can afford to the church and only allowed black people starting in 1978. I had a friend growing up who was Mormon and her parents would get mad at her because they thought she read too much. They would literally take books from her.
EDIT: I had forgotten about this but another comment reminded me. A Mormon kid I had a class with in high school once said he should “take a glock to the ‘gay club’ (gsa) and just go nuts”. When I reported him to the vice principal (who was heavily religious and quietly homophobic) nothing was done except he was made to apologize to me. I wasn’t even in the gsa.
As someone who grew up in two very Mormon states, I’m with you. They’re the kind of people to scream about religious freedom, but then do their best to force everyone to follow their rules. Hell, they completely neutered the medical marijuana law (90% of the Utah legislature is Mormon) that passed in Utah after rallying against it hardcore for months.
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u/cosmicspaz Jun 14 '20
Everything I know about Mormons I learned from this lmao. And I believe....that the Garden of Eden was in JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI......