My Wife's Take on the New Mormon Media Blitz

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Darth J wrote:
Don't worry. Consiglieri probably waited until they were in private to slap that woman around for speaking when not spoken to.


I have to say that I would have been wondering just what brought it all on. And then, I would have brought some sanity into it by saying just what I said here: we have no idea who this woman is and what is her station in life. So, why the reaction? It would have been a good heart to heart talk.
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why me wrote:For the reaction of his wife. Put yourself in the home teacher's shoes. It was probably not a comfortable situation to be in. The home teacher conveyed the content of a video about a urban teacher who finds joy in the inner city only to get a reaction that made no sense to the context of what the HT said.


I don't know about offering an apology. It was her reaction. She has some pain or something there. I'm sure the HT felt uncomfortable but didn't feel they needed or deserved an apology at all.

I do agree that her reaction did not really pertain to the context of their story though, which is a bit unfortunate in a way.
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why me wrote:Actually this is not true. It has always been a choice and a recommendation.


Right. Just like temple marriage was always framed as a choice and a recommendation.

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just me wrote:
Please tell me that you are trolling me.


No. I just answered your question. I am only putting myself in the home teacher's place. Nothing more.
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why me wrote:
just me wrote:
Please tell me that you are trolling me.


No. I just answered your question. I am only putting myself in the home teacher's place. Nothing more.

I agree with you. That was the wrong time and place for consigs sweet wife to do that.

The home teacher did nothing wrong, why take it out on him and make him feel uncomfortable? What was he supposed to say?

Also, consig, does your wife feel like, regardless of the reasons, she made the right decision by staying home to raise the children?
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why me wrote:
just me wrote:
What does Consig need to apologize for, in your opinion?


For the reaction of his wife. Put yourself in the home teacher's shoes. It was probably not a comfortable situation to be in. The home teacher conveyed the content of a video about a urban teacher who finds joy in the inner city only to get a reaction that made no sense to the context of what the HT said.


For clarity. You're saying that consig should not have 'spoken up' when he objected to the home teacher's statements in the privacy of his home--but that just me should have 'spoken up' when she objected to a teacher's lesson in a room full of TBMs at church. Is this correct?

Hmm. What's wrong with this picture?
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One could view Consig's wife's reaction to the home teachers as belonging precisely to the class of information that home teachers are there to gather and report back to the bishop. Mission accomplished!
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why me wrote:
just me wrote:
What does Consig need to apologize for, in your opinion?


For the reaction of his wife. Put yourself in the home teacher's shoes. It was probably not a comfortable situation to be in. The home teacher conveyed the content of a video about a urban teacher who finds joy in the inner city only to get a reaction that made no sense to the context of what the HT said.


Versus:

why me wrote:

And this is why I think that Just Me could have said something. She didn't need to let the comment fly... she could have opened her mouth and made a difference. She chose to be silent.

.............

But I can not tolerate someone who bitches and complains on a board and remains silent when a voice could make a difference in such a situation that just me found herself in. And that was my point.

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I have an idea, Why Me. Try putting yourself in the wife's place. Or did all that porno and dry damned in the 70's leave you too sexist to empathize like that?
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Why Me wrote:For those moms who were working, nothing bad was said of them.


Yeah, except by the "prophets" Spencer W. Kimball and Ezra Taft Benson.
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Yes, why me. We all wait with bated breath to learn why it was not acceptable for Mrs. Consig to speak up in her own home about something that she didn't like verses not acceptable for me to remain silent in church about something I didn't like.
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