Gadianton wrote:Asb, I hate to CFR you my friend, but has he said, "All Mormons are idiots and lower scum" or "Mormons are brainwashed andstupid?"
I suppose I could try and dig up the brainwashed or stupid quotes from Schmo, but I think it's sufficient you acknowledge the brainwashing idea. You are right about scum though. I've never seen that one.
He wasn't responding to any recent accusations, he just assumes it's the favorite topic of everyone. Since he brought up "brainwashing", there was a curve, those who are outright willing to say "Mormons are brainwashed" to those who will accept his terminology in quotations, and those like Scratch who think it's a bad choice.
That is quite true and a good point. Therefore I think any quotes I dig up to establish the CFR would be irrelavent.
I don't see the charge by schmo or anyone else that all Mormons are idiots and scum, lower scum (as opposed to slightly better scum), or that Mormons are stupid.
I am quite certain that Schmo esteems Mormons to be low on the intelligence side of things. Even so, I think you are right that jskains wasn't responding to anything recent so much as the negative feeling he got from the negative rections to his posts. And scum? No, I've not seen that.