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Okay, that article is funny. Does Dan really think members have nothing else to do, but get online? Seriously? Some of us work. Some of us have better things to do than defend the indefensible. Some of us have hobbies and housework and responsibilities that take up our time.

Good grief. He even has to claim he is a FAIR board member. :confused:
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LDS truthseeker wrote:
We at MormonThink...


I don't read every thread or "bio" here (in fact, I don't read most threads), so pardon me if I missed something, but you are associated with Mormon Think?
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Doctor Scratch wrote:I hope that Mormon Voices gets a ton of media coverage. Hopefully, they'll converge on a story written by just the right person, and that person will start digging around, looking into other things that FAIR * Co. have been up to these past 10 years or so.


I agree, Doctor. Many more people should know about the folks at FAIR and their doings.
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Kishkumen wrote:
I agree, Doctor. Many more people should know about the folks at FAIR and their doings.


I'm sure the "Good Doctor" will inform us of all that's right and wrong in the world, but especially about what's right and wrong about Mormonism.

Kishkumen wrote:On that topic, I have become increasingly convinced that Mitt Romney embodies the evils of our times. He is a kind of anti-Christ. I know that sounds extreme, but if ever there was a person who personified the hollow, soulless, unprincipled spirit of American vulture capitalism in its Mormon form, it is Mitt.


It doesn't "sound" extreme, it is extreme. But go ahead and inform your fellow Americans that Mitt Romney "embodies evil" and is "hollow, soulless, [and] unprincipled", and "the "anti-Christ".
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Kishkumen wrote:So I guess that ridiculous stupidity on the TIME Lightbox blog was a trial balloon and we can expect more annoying propaganda and misdirection in other comments sections. I thought the whole thing was a disaster for the church, but I guess these guys viewed it to be a real success.


ah, yes, "astroturfing."
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RayAgostini wrote:It doesn't "sound" extreme, it is extreme. But go ahead and inform your fellow Americans that Mitt Romney "embodies evil" and is "hollow, soulless, [and] unprincipled", and "the "anti-Christ".


Yeah, so be it. I stand by what I said. He is the biggest zero I have ever seen on the American political stage. He's positively creepy and breathtakingly dishonest.
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Blixa wrote:ah, yes, "astroturfing."


Indeed.
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Kishkumen wrote:Yeah, so be it. I stand by what I said. He is the biggest zero I have ever seen on the American political stage. He's positively creepy and breathtakingly dishonest.


In that case, I no longer expect anything reasonable to come from you.

Perhaps this may interest you: Birthers want proof that Mitt Romney was born in America.

The next step is to call Romney "the anti-Christ". Way to go. I had to check to make sure that this wasn't The Onion. It doesn't appear so, unfortunately.
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LDS truthseeker wrote:We at MormonThink


Still waiting for an answer, LDS"truthseeker". Do you think it's wise to call John Gee, a "lying piece of crap"?

I think I'll have to revise all of my notions about "Mormon Think".

But thank you, anyway, for alerting me to what you're really all about, and the total facade of "objectivity" "Mormon Think" presents.
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