liz3564 wrote:I agree with Paul. This guy is a prick. The university that actually accepted him as a PhD candidate should have its accreditation stripped. He's a rambling idiot who can't even consistently form complete sentences.
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Honestly....I nearly lost my testimony living in Utah. I grew up in California, and the Church in Utah was not the Church I grew up with or knew. The best thing that happened to us was moving to NC with a job transfer. The Church members here actually appreciate your efforts with callings....know how to say "please" and "thank you"...etc.
So this nevermo moves to Utah, and within a year has seen such behavior from Mormons that he's making Youtube videos about it, and you essentially agree with his view of how some Utah Mormons behave, and yet he's a real prick for it? Do you mean that in the "he's 100% correct but he's being mean and nasty and saying very very bad words" way?
And yes, the guy rambles in his video complaints. He's certainly not reading from a script. I'm not sure I ever got what field he's just got his PhD in, but as long as it's not Public Impromptu Railing Against Holier Than Thou Religious Zealots, I think he's probably OK. Let's hope he can write well.
I'm guessing most of us would ramble somewhat if we sat down in front of a camera, without a script, and delivered an impromptu screed against something or someone.
ps: I do recognize how caustic the guy's being. I do sympathize with people saying he's a prick in his videos. I do, however, feel some sort of fascination for what kind of experiences this guy can have had with Mormons in just under a year living in Salt Lake City that can have lead to such loathing?
pps: I lived in Utah for about 8 years after my mission, and I have to say that, like everyone else, Mormons are a mixed lot. Many, like most of my relatives there, would be fine as neighbors or landlords or bosses or whatever. Some would be insufferable. Too bad the Mormon culture doesn't contain mechanisms to sort of reign in the nutjobs, so that they are able to act like jerks to non-members and result in videos like this, or stories like Liz's.