Democrats’ Persecution of Mormons Begins: Effort Underway to Depict Latter Day Saints As Virulent Racists
Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election strategy is “Occupy & Persecute”, which replaces 2008′s old-and-broke “Hope & Change”.
You know the Occupy part well, because you’ve seen it manifest in the Occupy Wall Street thugs — who are being trained and revved up to assail Willard “Mittens” Romney as the classic caricature of a Thurston Howell III-grade Wall Street Villain.
The Persecute half of the strategy is to demonize Mormons — as the people who belong to the Church of Latter Day Saints are commonly known (and what they will be called by the elite, agenda-driven media in the general election).
Though Romney has aggressively attacked his Republican opponents (with great media assistance) in the primaries, during a general election campaign the media would be rooting for Obama — and thus gunning for Romney. I have, to date, seen no evidence that Romney would be able to withstand an “Occupy & Persecute” Obama victory strategy (or effectively level attacks on Obama that would cut through the media bias and have the same impact on him that Romney’s attack machine has had on Gingrich or Santorum).
The most-used (and most-effective) weapon in the Democrats’ Alinsky-designed arsenal is to depict political opponents as racists. This is a tactic that succeeds in alienating millions of independent voters from whomever Democrats have aimed the Alinsky Death Star at that particular day. Part of depicting Mormons — and by extension, Romney himself — as racists involves the exclusion of blacks from the Mormon church until the 1970s.
Today, I spotted the first attempt by the Tolerant Left to power up the “RAAACIST!” accusations against Mormons and Romney — in a posting that’s popping up on a great number of Leftist Facebook pages and being shared aggressively by the Leftists I monitor in the social networking world.
The video above is the opening salvo in Democrats’ efforts to depict Mormons as racists. Below the fold, you’ll see comments left by Leftists regarding the video. I’m pleasantly surprised that there’s not a consensus amongst Leftists if this strategy will be effective and if the “Persecute” half of Obama’s two-pronged re-election strategy will work.
If you are a Romney supporter, please start thinking of ways to mitigate the damages from the “Occupy & Persecute” strategy now — because if Romney becomes the Republican nominee this is what will have to combat for the five months of the general election.
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Patrick Crooks Did anyone else get that utterly asinine anti-union ad at the beginning of this?13 hours ago · ·
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Brent Liberati They’re Mormons. They think black people are the ones who didn’t take sides in the battle against Lucifer.13 hours ago · · 17 -
Jackie Kelly Holy shit, I fucking hate people.13 hours ago · · 14 -
Alberto Bocanegra Jr. I also find it offense that the white guy painted his face black!13 hours ago · · 16 -
Jeff Chmielewski This isn’t really racist, it’s just horribly ignorant.13 hours ago · · 36 -
Rob Moldovan Kinda sad when the one black student didn’t even know when black history month takes place.13 hours ago · · 16 -
Erica Dunn Rácz I couldn’t even listen to the whole thing, I was so disappointed.13 hours ago · · 2 -
Camille Klein What is this I don’t even13 hours ago · -
Tammy Wolfgram And what’s up with the black face? Like that was not totally offensive in and of itself?13 hours ago · · 14 -
Mitzi Nannen Being racist IS being horribly ignorant.13 hours ago · · 13 -
Dan Curtis Hahaha woooozers13 hours ago · -
Jessica Escajeda The Mormons think that people of darker skin color are tainted. In the Book of Mormon it talks about the Lamanites & how they were cursed with dark skin for not following God`s law. At least that`s what I read & learned when I was Mormon.13 hours ago · · 6 -
Sheri L Hughes Classic…..13 hours ago · -
Josh Ray Highlluhuhularious.13 hours ago · -
Colin J. Bronsdon das racist13 hours ago · · 4 -
Rissa Williams My Christian and humanitarian values prevent me from voicing my true feelings about this level of ignorance.13 hours ago · · 1 -
Eddie Scott Jr. Sad,forget about space travel.Humanity has peaked as far as I can see.13 hours ago · · 5 -
Clayton Delp This is terrible… And believable that the students would think that, unfortunately13 hours ago · -
Tim Mazzola @1:12 I screamed “ROSA MOTHERFUCKING PARKS!”13 hours ago · · 7 -
Louise Keehn-Bruell Oh yeah, had an experience this Sunday while hosting Super Bowl of a guest who made a few ignorant comments… Oh yes, it still exists!13 hours ago · · 2 -
Chris Rose omg…13 hours ago · -
Luis de la Rosa Fried chicken and grape juice… I’m not sure if he was kidding or not, or which is more offensive.13 hours ago · · 6 -
Tim Mazzola … goddamn people are stupid XD13 hours ago ·
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Kristian Walters Wow. That was awful to watch.13 hours ago · · 2 -
Mario Coto *facepalm*13 hours ago · -
Christopher Culross Worst part is the black dude! That’s shameful!13 hours ago · · 5 -
Liza Peloquin Jussiaume Perhaps one side of his face white and the other black?13 hours ago · -
Jeremy Michael Leach Oh my science!!!13 hours ago · · 2 -
Rahul Raghuraman HAHAHAHA ignorance13 hours ago · -
Dawn Michelle He should have asked them what their church teaches about the origins of black people. When I was a Mormon kid, we were taught that they were the cursed offspring of Cain, and that the mark of Cain is black skin. One of many reasons I’m glad to be an ex-Mormon.13 hours ago · · 19 -
Bryan French This is weird on multiple levels.13 hours ago · · 3 -
Richard Rector How is it any different from this one? www.allproudamericans.com/Video-Reveals-American-Teens-Cant-Answer-Basic-Trivia.html13 hours ago · · 1 -
Andre Walker Those who found the blackface offensive, THAT WAS THE POINT. don’t make that the argument you present for this piece. He did it to shock you and to raise awareness that only THREE people on this campus questioned him in doing so. THREE!! That’s fucking pathetic.13 hours ago · · 11 -
Shea Anderson Can’t believe they found a “black guy” at BYU. There weren’t many there 20 years ago.13 hours ago · · 2 -
Stephanie Miko If you’re stupid and you know it, clap your hands. Everyone sing with me!13 hours ago · · 2 -
Aaron Kriever A little bit of that was funny, but when they got to the ‘black guy acting like a white guy’ I find it bad that nobody said something like ‘well what does ‘black guy’ mean? you mean like a stereotype?’ everyone just went right along with believing the stereotypes..13 hours ago · · 12 -
Maria Maxwell Disturbing!!! And you would think that mindset is long gone…pffft NOT!!!!13 hours ago · · 2 -
Nico Henriquez Wow. It’s okay for black guys to act like white guys but not the other way around? So the white way is obviously better right? -.- fucking college kids13 hours ago · · 3 -
Chris Matthews I like the lady that says, “..like 50 Cents.”13 hours ago · · 1 -
Mitzi Tornese Flyte This offends me – the “black face” was poor and the students were morons.13 hours ago · · 6 -
Matt Spika It’s too bad, Utah is such a beautiful state…13 hours ago · -
Cassandra Smith Am I the only one who didn’t care..? I hate racism as much as the next guy, but they’re not being hurtful towards anyone, honestly…13 hours ago · · 3 -
Bonnie Harris Wow.13 hours ago · -
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Shantelle Fogt that was stupid.13 hours ago · · 1 -
Mariesa Albright Stokes I had to stop it halfway through. It was so dreadfully offensive with the blackface, and it was downhill from there.12 hours ago · · 6 -
Helen Azar I don’t think this is racism, it’s just run of the mill ignorance.12 hours ago · · 6 -
Greg Hawkins I’m Mormon, Utahn, and a college student.I’m also a liberal (and no, I don’t go to BYU)
Unfortunately, some students down at BYU often give the rest of us throughout the state a bad rep. As evidenced by this video…
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Shea Anderson Fried chicken and grape juice? Kind of racist…along with black face!12 hours ago · · 6
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Brandon Brantana Fitzpatrick I agree12 hours ago · -
Joseph Byron Woods It’s interesting to note that the tone used for ignorance and miseducation is very caustic and without a tinge of hopeful correction or redemption for these people that are on the video. (And to call uniformed people racists?! I’m sure the black guy would have an issue with that statement…) (And what exactly was the guy proving by applying the racists ass Sambo face?!)12 hours ago · · 2 -
Myra Holloway Honestly, the ignorance spouting from some people’s mouths in this video made me LAUGH. I wasn’t offended at all. Just surprised at how sheltered these college students are, and the whole “white acting black” and vice versa thing is the story of my life. “Oreo” followed me like the plague when I was growing up. Even now people tell me I sound “British” (code for “white”). So, honestly, there’s ignorance on both sides, and I liked the overall message, which was to fight ignorance with education.12 hours ago · · 13 -
Cindy Wilkinson Rines Rommney for president!!!! Hopefully some of you will come to your senses and realize amormon would NOT make a good president!!!12 hours ago · · 1 -
Genevieve Campagnola this is embarrassing to the youth of America.12 hours ago · · 1 -
Lyndsay Stevenson .. I just .. +?^£!^£|>!<~*^>|¥=| AHHHHHH!!
No words .Anyone else interested in relocating to Neptune ?
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Liza Peloquin Jussiaume @ Richard, wow!12 hours ago ·
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Steven Fulbright I love your posts generally but these kids weren’t acting racist they were acting ignorant, which is not the same thing.12 hours ago · · 9 -
Jackie Denney embarrassing12 hours ago · -
Salah Shaikh Ignorance at its finest. They think that black people do all the stuff those kids did in the end. In real, black people are just as equal and as similar as any other person. Also, WTF was the point of the black face. No point to it.12 hours ago · -
Michael Quander Jr. This is disturbing….12 hours ago · · 1 -
Harrison Stall This is possible the dumbest reaction I’ve seen to anything. Cmon guys.12 hours ago · · 4 -
Linda Stout Gulley Wow. Seriously. Wow.12 hours ago · -
Beth Risenburg I am a liberal Mormon too.. this is just stupid on the part of the “film maker”. I’m embarrassed for him. As if people didn’t know that was blackface? I couldn’t watch the whole thing.12 hours ago · · 1 -
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Clint Miller Here in Santa Cruz there’s a clutch of it hiding up under the redwoods, with old money and quite a bit of pull in local politics.12 hours ago · · 3 -
Tommy Kloften Did you see the ad that ran before the video?!12 hours ago · · 1 -
Maggie Elliott This video is no more or no less as appalling as those Leno “man on the street” bits. It is embarrassing how ignorant some Americans are–even those who have had a “higher” education.12 hours ago · · 4 -
Emily Olson like they said in the video “fight ignorance, with ignorance”12 hours ago · -
Gretchen Grufman It’s my sad conclusion that we are more ignorant and racist as a whole than ever.12 hours ago · · 2 -
Raziel Chernerko I think this was more along the lines of ignorant and a clear lack of intelligence, not so much racist..doesn’t racism infer comparisons or tasteless jibes?12 hours ago · · 3 -
Lee Legrand This is mostly of a display of ignorance than racism. MLK is used as a puppet by the media for how all blacks should model themselves and they only concentrate how he fought Civil Rights. They dont talk about how he was against the Vietnam war, they dont talk he demonstration with the sanitation workers for rights. They talk dont talk about how Most americans and most blacks were against him when he died. They dont talk about how he was considered a communist for not only speaking against the war but said GOD is against america for going to war against vietnam and that GOD would judge us.12 hours ago · · 11 -
Marc Hutton Hey I got my P.hd. at the University of Utah and and The U was bad but no were near the Y (BYU for you not familiar with the scheme) Utah is a beautiful state and I love it in terms of the geography and the outdoor activities. I would NOT live in that state out side of the Salt Lake Valley. You go past the state prison or go past Ogden and things change and not for the better.12 hours ago · · 4 -
Nic Fewer Martin Luther was a famous black person? Do they know the difference between Martin Luther and Martin Luther KING? Do they know any famous black people of more than 15 years ago? Booker T Washington, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Sammy Davis Jr,Sidney Poitier, Lena Horn, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, to name but a few.12 hours ago · · 5 -
Heather Rutherford Singley While there is no shortage of racism worldwide..this video is not the proof. Pick a better tool to prove your point.12 hours ago · · 6 -
Richard LaBrie That was a dumb video and proved zilch. The only times people in Utah see black people is on tv and even black actors act stereotypically black, minus the Cosby Show. People of different races ALL act differently than other races. That’s black people’s mannerisms. So what? People in Utah aren’t from Detroit or Memphis. No wonder liberals have a bad name.12 hours ago · · 3 -
Candles Joyful Worden I have done this before and I will do it again. I was raised Mormon and now am agnostic/atheist ( I REALLY don’t know, but I lean towards there probably is nothing). I want them to try this on more campuses than just BYU. I feel like most Americans would answer similarly and I also want to know how many people they interviewed. Editing is fantastic nowadays!12 hours ago · · 10 -
Jessica Hammond To be complicit and to benefit from a system of institutionalize racism without making strides to change the system and be held accountable for your privilege, does, in fact, make u racist12 hours ago · · 4 -
Rachel Ohlsen Not surprised one bit. It’s BYU! Lol12 hours ago · -
Cookie Monsta Not racist, just ignorant? That’s an awfully fine hair you’re trying to split.12 hours ago · · 11 -
Terrence Hand Jr. I thought it was funny. Some of you are taking this way too hard when there are things much worse than this happening in the world.12 hours ago · · 2 -
Bryce Archer god this is terrible on a ton of levels!!!12 hours ago · · 3 -
Charlie Thompson This is the REALITY of Utah, the sad part is they where at UVU, which is the more multi-cultural school located in Provo and should know the difference between an African-American and someone with face paint on, meaning that those at BYU are even more sheltered and ignorant. Like mentioned above, I was taught that people of color are decedents of Cain after he killed his brother.12 hours ago · · 4 -
Dianne Dancil Haag I am not shocked12 hours ago · · 2 -
Adriana Guidi I agree with Mitzi..12 hours ago · -
Ted Meyer Sadly like this on a state campus where I work a lot of blame to go around here not just on Mormons12 hours ago · -
Rhoda Mackenzie Need to take some history courses. Kids in this country are not so bright sometimes.12 hours ago · · 2 -
Jordan Kauwling @ Richard. What I wouldn’t give to have two hours of your time and a blackboard. You need to educate yourself.12 hours ago · · 9 -
Shmuel Goldsmith I dunno, Richard. Seems to me that people at BYU see their black fellow students every day. Also seems to me that black actors act as the script and director require, which may be “stereotypically black” or not. And WTF does this have to do with “liberals”?12 hours ago · · 7 -
Shari Hutchison was painting his face necessary? what was that about? i don’t see this video being ‘offensive’ as much as i see it being the result of a lack of education. ignorance doesn’t always equal racism.12 hours ago · · 3 -
M. Georgianna Morman Try being a white person in the USVI. I get it everyday.12 hours ago · · 1 -
Laurie Bertram Roberts The point you all are missing is this shows soft racism which is what happens when people think things like behavior associated with blacks is bad and behavior associated with whites is good. Also it goes to show in a drastic way what many persons of color already know which is white people know nothing about our history (making it seem as if black people have never done anything but rap, act, and play sports oh and one got lucky and became president) while we are required to know about yours. Granted all students are lacking in knowledge about history quiz students of color and they will name more than two famous white people.12 hours ago · · 8 -
Scott Huddleston Lighten up. If you find this video sad or offensive, then you are too easily offended. When is black history month? Who cares? Why does it make you a racist if you don’t care about this? If you don’t know when Washington’s birthday is, does that mean you are unpatriotic? No. Same goes here. Geez, people. There are more serious problems in the world.12 hours ago · · 6 -
Joel Tate this doesnt do anything or prove anything. this could happen at any school. just because youre hating on mormons doesnt mean this is proof of anything. this is just stupid. i bet a lot of other schools are could be just as clueless or maybe youre making them seem clueless by only showing certain parts. this is just tarded. screw you!!!!12 hours ago · · 4 -
Rebecca Forbes Stancato Ignorance, not racism….hopefully life experiences will teach them the lessons their parents and educators failed to teach.12 hours ago · · 2 -
Curtis Fease Yea, not really seeing racism. Seeing lack of education, which isn’t the same as racism… And a few bad impersonations of gangster rappers12 hours ago · · 5 -
Raymond Wu Pretty stupid video, i don’t really see the relevance in giving a shit about black history month. I’m positive most blacks resent black history month than celebrate it.12 hours ago · · 1 -
Chad Marquez And this is why I will never live in Provo or anywhere south of Draper12 hours ago · -
Ruth Pendergrast Like others, I see this as a sad commentary of ignorance but not individual racism. I’m more concerned that their parents and teachers were not able or did not try to counteract their sheltered upbringing with something other than the images of ‘Black’ culture found in mainstream media.12 hours ago · · 2 -
Ed McKinney I thought the one about the anti-union bill was pretty repulsive too. But this is just is bizarre. How ignorant are these people?12 hours ago · -
Tim Turner Oh, yes. This is almost as bad as when they released the dogs on the marchers years ago. Give me a break! I’ll take you over to Alabama A&M or Alabama State and interview some black students and we will see if this so called “racism” is only prevalent at a mostly white school. You’ll find it’s about the same because most college kids are dumb as hell, as far as how the world works…black and white. These are college kids that don’t know jack, but they sure didn’t seem like they thought that they were the master race in this video. You want to know what really hurts civil rights? It’s when shit such as this gets passed around as being racist and people just stop ignoring real racism because they are sick to death of this shit. Try thinking for yourself every once in awhile and don’t just buy into everything that is pushed down your throat. This is not racist. If you think it is, you need to read a goddamn history book.12 hours ago · · 5 -
Dan Grossman Actually, what’s sad is that there are people in this country dumb enough to go to Brigham Young University.12 hours ago · · 3 -
Mo Cee Blackface in the 21st Century? Who’s the racist here? The questions were asked specifically about racial stereotypes. This is BYU, so what? If Jay Leno would have done this it would have brought huge laughs from the audience. But blackface, really? And anyways, we have no idea which interviewees were edited out and how this was cut. Blackface? Good grief, man!12 hours ago · · 5 -
Tracy Butler I would have liked to see footage of the people that knew he wasn’t black but just an idiot in blackface…may have at least made the video amusing to see him called out. Didn’t need to see him asking loaded questions like ‘would you rather date a white guy who acts black or a black guy who acts white’ to be aware that ignorance/stereotypes/prejudice exists and not just in BYU students.12 hours ago · · 2 -
Susan Solvig Summers This has nothing to do with BYU students, go to almost any campus (or any street corner) in America, and you’d get same kind of answers. The guy doing the interviewing was egging them on as well. I think the people that did this piece are the ignorant people. I didn’t notice the African Americans had any better answers than the white kids.12 hours ago · · 3 -
Jonathan Holmes More ignorance than racism. Still surprising, though.12 hours ago · -
John Tringle Yes I don’t see any racism. I see lazy, uneducated, uncurious kids floating through life. And of course, like any of these, the producer gets to be selective in the editing.12 hours ago · · 4 -
Jake Fessler No SHIT you’re going to get these type of reactions when you ask those types of questions. And you think the same wouldn’t happen when asking ANY other race about another? There are stereotypes – always have been and always will be. People need to get their damn panties out of a bunch. Yeah I’d LOVE to see these people know more about ALL of our history but a lot of them obviously aren’t the sharpest knives in the drawer. This was such a waste of time. I was waiting for the super offensive racism the whole time.12 hours ago · · 2 -
Benton Captain Eo Honestly there is more ignorance than racism here. Sure there were a few remarks that can be taken as racist (ex. Fried chicken and grape juice), but much of the behavior of the students was influenced by the way in which the interviewer asked the questions. In fact, reading through some of the comments, I’d say there were more prejudice remarks made about other groups of people there than in the video (particularly Mormons). Here are a few points I think should be laid out:1) Do not confuse perspective with racism. Many of these kids grew up with a narrow perspective and, as a result, appear racist. Their comments bring about offense unintentionally. Whereas racists will insult due to their own prejudice.
2) Just because many of the students could not name or go into detail about members of the Civil Rights movement of the 60′s does not mean they should be classified as “racists” and put into the same category as the destructive terrorism of the KKK.
3) As for the lack of people who mentioned the interviewer actually being white, maybe they thought it would be rude to ask or point it out? What if they thought he was part-black? If the interviewer was part-black (yet identified himself as being black) and had many white features, don’t you think it would be insulting for someone to question his race? I find that when people try to go around and play “race detective”, they cause a lot more harm than they think, particularly to those of us with a mixed heritage.
4) I am not justifying the students’ ignorance, but rather pointing out that this example really isn’t “racist”. Also it is important to understand the definition of what is “racist” before accusing others of practicing racism.12 hours ago · · 1 -
Curtis Lancaster silly white people12 hours ago · · 5 -
Kai Alexis Price So are you suggesting it would have been less “racist” to ask this guy if he was really Black? I think this was mostly just a display of ignorance, not racism.12 hours ago · · 1 -
Melody Hufford I agree with Jonathan…so much ignorance…but, at the root of racism is ignorance. The “reporter” is ridiculously offensive. Why not just interview as himself and skip the freaking blackface and posturing? I’m an advocate of civil rights for all, but I don’t behave like a stereotype just because I think it’ll make a point. Freaking frustrating.12 hours ago · · 2 -
Melody Hufford I just used freaking twice, so obviously I’m more irritated than I thought since we all know that I meant fucking instead.12 hours ago · · 3
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Chris Bertagnole D’oh!12 hours ago · -
Elizabeth McGlinchey Really awful video. And not because of the students but because of the guy in BLACK FACE. Really? This was the best way to get white kids to talk about black people honestly? This proves nothing and that its on this page makes me not want to look at anything else on this page. I’m proud to be a liberal but not proud enough to overlook the fact that this was incredibly staged, AND that it really shows how our school systems are failing to teach our children about black history and history in general so all they know is what they’ve seen on television. NOT SURPRISING.12 hours ago · · 4 -
Jerry Kurt I feel bad for the people of Utah being targeted in this story. When in reality, much of red America lives in isolaion.12 hours ago · · 1 -
Rusty McAndrew SHENANIGANS!12 hours ago · -
Sean Bent Oh come on, of course they’re going to show the students who looked like idiots for comic effect or else maybe their own agenda. For every few silly people they interview, there was probably a knowledgable person they weren’t showing. I don’t know that for sure, I couldn’t possibly, but it’s one of the oldest tricks in the book.12 hours ago · · 2 -
Mary Ann Walker Hubbell This was the stupidest video and can’t believe you guys were dumb enough to pass it on.12 hours ago · · 3 -
Blossom Kaleo REALLY???……No comment12 hours ago · -
Eric Shane Hart I thought the students interviewed seemed at ease to speak about race, and other than needing some education, came across as not racist at all. I agree, why was the interviewer in black face? That was more offensive than anything said.12 hours ago · · 2 -
Lea Flores OMFG!!!!12 hours ago · -
Shauna Petersen What a joke! So we in Utah have a very low percentage of blacks in our communities, so what?! Would YOU celebrate WHITE history month? No, because THAT would be considered, by the likes of YOU, to be RACIST to even HAVE ONE! And look around you, hypocrites….most blacks DO act like that, and they celebrate their difference. And one more thing……as far as you calling us racist for thinking it’s more classy for a black guy to act white than the reverse? Geesh, didn’t 90% of blacks and libs elect your POTUS on just such a standard?12 hours ago · -
Catherine Milly Le Page I don’t see the racism in that video! Lots of ignorance though
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David M. Bruce I call bullshit on this one. Yes, they may be dumb but that doesn’t mean they are racist. Ask the same question to a student in New Orleans public schools and the answers would be worse.12 hours ago · · 2 -
Marc Hutton Look, all of your opinions in support of the kids are well and good but I lived there, I taught college there, I know the culture there. It is both ignorance and raceism. It is all well and good if your white, Hispanic (kind of) or Asian. It is a different story if your black. They are racists, their holy book teaches them to be racists and it is sick. I personally didn’t have a bad experience, but then I am white and was dating a Hispanic. I did however see how the attitude change when a MO encountered a person of color, even in my classroom.12 hours ago · · 2
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Jackson Willette This isn’t offensive at all. EVERYBODY loves fried chicken and purple drank. If you’re offended by this video then take the proper out of your ass and loosen up.12 hours ago · · 1 -
Lee Maria I don’t see racism. He isn’t downing black history month or anything. And, I think we need white history month, why not?12 hours ago · -
Ashley Hopkin Kochkanyan Let’s be fair – most of them have never been around black people and have probably been encouraged NOT to be friends with them in case they end up wanting to date. The LDS people I know (most of my family) don’t condone bi racial marriages.12 hours ago · · 3 -
Vander Molen Terry utah..everything i have seen has been on nat geo and about cultist mormons…….that sums it up for me!!12 hours ago · · 1 -
Ashley Hopkin Kochkanyan (ignorance – not outright racism)12 hours ago ·
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Alex Havran Terrible makeup job. You think blacks know anything abt mormons?12 hours ago · · 1 -
Phyleece Young Those are young people and there’s hope for them. Don’t know about Catherine though.12 hours ago · -
Dale Glowacki This was garbage that should have not been posted. Please report facts, not interviews with poeple who have no idea what they are talking about.12 hours ago · · 3 -
Vander Molen Terry diversity is what this country will become…..and its gonna be great!12 hours ago · · 1
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Scarlett Marie That’s fucked up. All of it. The stupidity going on with the students, but also the blackface dude doing that in the first place. Mostly the stupidity.12 hours ago · · 3 -
Phyleece Young Sorry Catherine i meant Shauna.12 hours ago ·
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Tracie Cearley-Kinser Yikes!12 hours ago · -
Jovan Ka Brosh human brain is lazy, this was written by Sigmund Freud. and it is not at all naive thing. some parents make children be afraid mostly with fear of the dark. Black. I am not the first who underlined this topic. you have a whole line of young philosophers who deal with this phenomenon. is good for your brain to put into operation. You are not dogs to see black and white, human is more determined as being. Thank you , Red hair Serb Predrag Milovanovic12 hours ago · -
Dale Glowacki @ scott Huddleston – grow up and get a life!12 hours ago · · 1
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Ken Levin - Being Liberal – Bigotry is alive and well in the world. So what? I used to sit on the floor, next to my Father’s chair and listen to the man who’s picture represents your organization. FDR, performing his Fire-side Chats. I not only remember him but the things the Bigots, the 23%-ores of his day said about him and his wife. And some of that hate and bigotry came from organized religion, Father Cauglin and others. There are many similarities today, just different churches. And the sreet bigotry was bloody but there just wasm’the variety of targets they have today. The good churches survived and they will again but the Twenty-three Percentors will suvive also. I know, history shows us how to quell them and my anger has caused me to run on too long. Please, be conscious of the danger, organize, defend, take the offensevive; I’m an old man and Ihave seen US beat them before, and, as sure as I am drawing breath this day, WE will beat them again !! -12 hours ago · · 1 -
Toni Burnett-Rands Disgusting…12 hours ago · -
Therese Hounsell ignorance, however, seems to growing exponentially…12 hours ago · -
Eric Matchabelli Bass @Shauna. If you paid any attention in history class, you would know that “white history” is celebrated the other 11 months of the year.12 hours ago · · 8 -
Bigkid Xavier I laughed, and lost more faith in humanity. Still, it was funny as hell.12 hours ago · -
Jo Steele Okay so I would like to know what is “acting black or white”? Isn’t everyone different and has the current “pop” (hip hop) culture had no influence on a lot of young people? :s12 hours ago · -
Tracy Murray Thompson PATHETIC.11 hours ago · -
Brandon LeBlanc I don’t know what’s worse, watching this video or reading the even more idiotic comments from the Utahards.11 hours ago · · 2 -
Spring D. Lamb If you don’t call attention to racism and ignorance – you are part of the problem.11 hours ago · · 2 -
Spring D. Lamb Screw black OR white history month! Let’s have a Human History Month;)11 hours ago · · 5
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Mary-Kate Thomas So sad….11 hours ago · · 1 -
Chad Mick It’s sad and shows ignorance to post a video like this. Come on. The video was obviously cut to show only the people with the most ridiculous things to say. Where are the clips of the people who called him out on his black face and the clips of the people who answered the question correctly and gave intelligent answers?11 hours ago · · 7 -
Bruce Molyneux how is this racist,stupid yes racist no11 hours ago · · 1 -
Lyn Shahan omg…..fried chicken…..grape juice….jungle fever……shame shame shame……and these are the young people who will one day maybe run this country……better get some history taught to these students…makes me very sad for our youth today……11 hours ago · · 1 -
Dustin Evans I think it’s raciest how everyone segregates it into black history and white history history is just history11 hours ago · -
Joey Kaitany @ Shauna Peterson,11 hours ago · -
Joey Kaitany What?11 hours ago ·
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Joey Kaitany @Lyn, BYU students will never run our country.11 hours ago · · 2
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Wendy SunRider are there videos of other colleges talking about what their students know about black people? in order for a study to be truly effective and not open to charges of staging you must have a control group and representation of other similar circumstances.11 hours ago · -
Aiymie Lazar The most offensive thing about this video was the painting of the white man to look like a black man. Why not just get a black man to do the interviews? Or allow the white man to do them, as a white man? Why did his race matter, at all? Beyond that, I’m not sure why ANYONE would be surprised that random people on the street (or college campus) is woefully lacking in their knowledge of American history… try asking them about current American affairs – beyond the entertainment industry – and you’ll get just as many confused, blank stares.11 hours ago · · 3 -
Ted Sammet It really was not racist until the jungle fever part.11 hours ago · -
Dave Zappa OMG, but it doesn’t surprise me at all. Go Romneyites…NOT!11 hours ago · -
Kaylin Nguyen This is one dumb video & a waste of time. There’re many people out there who don’t know American history, not just Black history. This got nothing to do with racism.11 hours ago · -
Sybille Beltran SAD!!!11 hours ago · -
Ramon De Los Monteros It’s hard to stray from racism when the questions are racist themselves. “White guy acting like a black guy”. Stereotypes are alive and thriving in this country and fortunately, we can not control what a person thinks.11 hours ago · · 2 -
Anne Garbarino Pretty sad.11 hours ago · -
Paula Long This is disgusting, though not surprising.11 hours ago · -
Amber Mann McLean SAD11 hours ago · -
Matthew Gregory the black face is especially cool.11 hours ago · -
Tony Grove Pretty sure you would get the same responses on most campuses in the U.S.11 hours ago · · 1 -
David Milliern The Left is as bad as the Right with their ressentiment. Nietzsche would be proud of prediction. If only he could see it.11 hours ago · · 1 -
Samuel Pablo Sanchez Meyer The guy didn’t even ask anything relevant, and was steretypical while at it… asking names of famous black people is not enough to prove someone is ignorant about black history month… as well, this was filmed at BYU, and Mormons are crazy so this video is even more irrelevant.11 hours ago · -
Henry McKenzie No blackface11 hours ago · -
Tad Ballard Racism is alive and well in the good ol U S of A, and it comes from every race that lives here. And of course, ignorance is alive and well, and it’s only going to get worse with every school that get’s it’s budget cut for some damn Republican agenda pretending it’s balancing the budget by destroying America’s education financial base.11 hours ago · -
Stefanie Baker How in the hell did only three people realize that he wasn’t actually black, or even mixed?
Also, I’d peg these kids as being painfully ignorant. I’m guessing if you asked them the year the Declaration of Independence was signed, most wouldn’t know that either.11 hours ago · -
Henry McKenzie Ugh. Blackface is not cool10 hours ago ·
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Lyndsay Stevenson Shauna Peterson . What exactly DO us “blacks ” ACT like ? I’m curious on what you have to say. When I cast MY Vote for president I look at what a candidate is bringing to the table to help make our country better ! Heck I don’t care if someone was lime green ! If I feel that they are going to do the best job running our country then , that’s who my vote is for.10 hours ago · · 3
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Victoria Colaizzi I think it’s kind of great that nobody really cares anymore. I sure don’t. Giving one race a special month only enhances racism. I don’t see Italian American History Month or Japanese History Month, and the Japanese were put through alot of crap during WWII. Where’s their month?10 hours ago · · 2 -
Terrence Hand Jr. It’s funny how all the white people are outraged. Ahahahahahahaha.10 hours ago · · 2
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Lisa Poole and just to think this is our future and the ones who will be running our country but yet some says we need to get rid of the Department of Education??? We need to make it bigger10 hours ago · -
Joe Hogg I’m beginning to lose respect for this page…. How is it racist to not know important black figures in American history? Sure, the dude said the thing about fried chicken and purple drink, however, to any sane person this would come across as a joke. The questions THEMSELVES are the closest to racism than anything….10 hours ago · · 4 -
Jen Robinson Washington There is no white history month because if we really put it out there we wouldn’t like a lot of what we see. There have obviously been some great white Americans, just as there have been great Americans of every race and ethnicity, but there is a lot of shame in our history as well. Not so much shame for the things that happened, but more shame for not learning from those things…10 hours ago · -
Jessie R. Louthan II There’s nothing racist about this video…this guy is a joke, the students (obviously) think that it’s a joke, and it’s really nothing more than another pathetic anti-Mormon troll video. Fitting that I saw it here first (the Faux News of Liberal Fan Pages)…10 hours ago · · 3 -
Sean Michael Irby I didn’t think this was that offensive.. these kids were prompted to answer questions for a camera10 hours ago · -
Bonnie Crockett Yet another silly and irrelevant post. Being Liberal, I’m starting to lose faith in you. I don’t for a minute think that racism no longer exists in this country, but this video proves nothing. The makers of the video clearly had an agenda with their painted interviewer and their obvious edits. As for the ignorance of the students, (1) the questions were a set-up to begin with, and (2) I am sure you could find college students all over this country who are ignorant of black history, women’s history, American political history, you name it. All this video proves is that there are a lot of ignorant people on college campuses these days, both behind and in front of the camera. Being Liberal, do you just post anything anybody sends you?10 hours ago · · 5 -
Joe Hogg Yeah, I’m beginning to think that he just auto-posts all the recommendations he gets….10 hours ago ·
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Kevin W. Young Some ignorance, but none of these kids seemed mean spirited. This generation seems to be one that finally doesn’t care about ethnic differences. Their “Black” imitations seemed very tongue-in cheek.10 hours ago · · 1 -
Mindy Sebring I consider myself exceptionally open minded (obviously liberal) and of course against racism. But I wasn’t horribly offended by this video. As many people said above, they people may seem a li’l ignorant – but no more so than the large majority of people on the planet. Would I have noticed the guy was in black-face? Prolly not, ’cause “black” comes in a wide variety of hues/shades. The “black guy who acts like a white guy” question was valid in our country – but maybe not in other countries. Valid because when the question is asked, the average person (of any color) is going to hear “act like a white guy” and picture a clean-cut, middle-to-upper-middle-class guy of some inteligence. Does that mean that all (or even a majority) of white guys act that way? No. But if I said “acting like pig” we think of a sloppy, dirty thing – when anyone who loves pigs will tell u they’re clean animals who don’t sweat. [And don't even go there with the 'How dare u compare being black to being a pig' - obvoiusly not my point.] My point is just that certain phrases may bring something to mind in our culture that may or may not be true. Not to say that I don’t believe racism is alive & well in America, just that this video was not an obvious portrayal of how bad it really is.9 hours ago · -
Erik Swanson Black history month is ridiculous and offensive.9 hours ago · · 1 -
Barbara Miller Kish you can make a video support whatever you want this is a tiring9 hours ago · · 1 -
Barbara Miller Kish BS video of what you can promote with the right script9 hours ago ·
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Katie Arkin OMG, wow, that’s all I can say is, wow.9 hours ago · -
Jürgen-Petrus Von Bayern Schoner This video is very valid. There is no shame in being white, or any other ethnic group. What has occurred in the past should stay in the past, simply treat each other as individuals.9 hours ago · · 2 -
Ty Dewey This video is a joke. As a Utahn who hates BYU, BYU has a reputation for being white, Mormon, and very, very sheltered. It’s just meant to point out how ignorant some people can be, and for people outside of Provo, it’s a humorous example of concentrated Mormonism at its best.9 hours ago · · 2 -
James Biggar Ah Vox Populi!9 hours ago · -
Dale Thomas what is sad is how many of you know anything about native Americans and now are pointing the finger about byu. Pot calling the kettle black.9 hours ago · · 1 -
James Biggar My favorite one was on The Man Show when they did a Vox Pops on “ending the suffrage of women.” Only one person (that they showed) knew what suffrage meant.9 hours ago ·
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Bonnie Crockett As I said above, this is just another silly and irrelevant post that does not prove what it intends to prove. Do you really want to know if racism is alive and well in this country? Take a look at actual incidents of racism, not silly video set ups. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highschool-prep-rally/pittsburgh-basketball-game-marred-horrible-racist-banana-suited-131740578.html8 hours ago ·
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Dace Pedecis OY!8 hours ago · -
Will Werner I fully believe that there is racism alive in every community but we are just more selective on who hears our opinion. Also it seems to almost be social norm in almost any group. I would not just single out one group for the racism. Instead call out all groups and make a stance that racism and sterotypes are offensive and ignorant against every group. You are only insulting your own race when you insult another. Just sayin’8 hours ago · -
Greg Smith this was just stupid. Yeah there’s Racism. woopidee doo. I bet most of the people he interviewed were not racist . I thought he was just stupid.8 hours ago · · 1 -
James Armstrong This entire video is just bogus. “so you know one when you see one”, what are they supposed to say? “I don’t think you’re actually black”?? Or are they just going along with the interviewer like anyone answering questions on camera would. These questions are just horrendously asinine. “What do you do to celebrate black history month?” What do you do Mr. Interviewer!? The whole thing is just political. Black history is American history! Let’s hear Morgan Freeman’s thoughts on it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeixtYS-P3s8 hours ago · -
Keegan Rank I actually go to BYU, but originally call Oregon my home (giving me some pretty damn liberal tendencies), and this is just a great example of ignorance and pretty tasteless humor from the guy that filmed it. You could ask college kids on most American college campuses and get the same answers. Unfortunately their ignorance appears to be a lot greater because in Utah, most Mormons, and especially BYU students are pretty sheltered. I think it is more of a commentary on how Americans view Black History Month in general and how little emphasis we put on it. Maybe some more after school specials could help?8 hours ago · · 2 -
Emily Sneed You’re surprised white, midwestern, sheltered, indoctrinated kids are ignorant? Geez, you don’t know much about America, do you.8 hours ago · -
Mitchell Benjamin I live in Texas, I’ve seen worse8 hours ago · -
Katiemarie Harmon I think it is hypocrisy that the guy interviewing is wearing blackface while trying to point out others being racist/ignorant.8 hours ago · -
Eric Jahnke Stupid. Only those who WANT to find problems find problems with carefully-edited videos like this.8 hours ago · -
Nicholas Carroll I attended BYU from 1997 through 2000 and got my degree in International Politics. I was among the minority of students who attended who is not LDS (nor ever was). The university has over 30,000 students and I was amazed by how many talented people there were (I saw a few student-written plays that were amazing) and how intelligent the students were. Famous alumni include 49ers Quarterback Steve Young, the director and star of “Napoleon Dynamite”, the writer of the “Twilight” series, and a few presidential Candidates / members of Congress / Senators, etc.This video can’t be taken as a representative sample of students at BYU. Yes, there were a lot of sheltered students who attended BYU. Its not a very racially diverse campus. The stats are something like 85% white, 90% Republican, and 98% Mormon. It was a lonely place for someone who wasn’t Republican or Mormon. However, I did date a lady from the Dominican Republic, who had a dark skin tone. I never heard any negative comments from anyone. Mormons are generally earnest and likable people. Don’t blame them because their church in North America is predominantly white or that Utah is a predominantly caucasian state.
After my experience at BYU, I moved to Washington, D.C. and absolutely loved the diversity I found there. I could never live in a place without diversity again. But BYU was a great experience and I’m glad that I went. The students are incredibly smart. Don’t take this video clip at face value. Anyone can pick the most outrageous video clips of a few people to edit into a video to portray an organization with a lot of people to be something horrible.
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Lavada Lindsey Wow! I can’t believe someone said Black History Month is offensive. . .7 hours ago · · 2 -
Ernest Rivera Let’s elect a rich Morman? Yea that makes perfect sense. Love and tar paper shacks for all. What color was that ass clown talking about?6 hours ago · -
Mack Forcegrip Brigham Young: The successor to Joe Smith, a known shyster, scammer, and swindler who invented one of the freshest piles of bullshit (Mormonism) known to religion.6 hours ago · · 1 -
Nick Leppala U can’t compare ignorance to racism. I come from northern Minnesota- very few people from the Iron Range are anything but Scandinavian. The first time I ever saw racism was when I went to Louisiana and it was directed at me. No amount of political correctness can make certain areas safe for a white guy. Now let’s talk about the “unfair campaign” which basically states that whites can’t see racism and are born inherently racist for advantages the color of our skin gives us. Why should anyone try to make me feel bad for being white? I’ve never put anyone down for their ethnicities.6 hours ago · · 1 -
TJ Saccio While yes, teh ignorance of american college students is atrocious, you do have to give them credit, on SOME LEVEL for honestly seemign to lack a “color filter”. If only 3 people noticed he wasn’t black, could that actually mean that we as americans are no longer paying that much detail to race but rather what the person is saying? While this video doesnt speak much to the level of intelligence or knowledge in america’s youth, in certainly does speak to their lack or racist feelings. (that does not include their impressions but jsut because i pull my eyes back and talk like an asian does not mean that i am, in any way, prejudiced against asians or any other race. I simply know how to have fun with some out dated, but often accurate, stereotypes)4 hours ago · -
TJ Saccio …and yes, please disregard my spelling errors. It is 5am and ive been up since 6 am.4 hours ago ·
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Ginger Hughes my only concern is that no one in the video said “hey this is bs”4 hours ago · -
SlaveRebellion DeSedas …notice how all people of all races including whites are for the anti-racist cause, but it’s only exclusively white people who are railing against the notion of racism being rampant and exposed as such?…the kind of white people with virtually all-white friends lists or friends in real life… You have to have an ignorant disregard for the victims and epidemic of racism in “america” to even try to blunt the effective exposure and pursuit of it… or an ignorance of history to know that mormonism is traditionally very anti-black, not to mention lily-white… I’m talking about the whites who reject black interests, issues, and ancestral manifestation. This is real talk, muthafuckaz!! XD Now, before you go with your cliches and exaggerations, try something new other than “you’re racist!” for pointing out the problem and chief perpetrators of this way-too-long-running systematic structure of RACISM in this colony USA… Nobody has to talk about Canadian whites BECAUSE THERE IS NOT THAT MAGNITUDE A HISTORY AND RESIDUAL PRESENT LIKE THERE IS HERE IN THIS SYSTEM USA. Fix your face!!3 hours ago · -
SlaveRebellion DeSedas Jürgen-Petrus Von Bayern Schoner YES -very true, what happened in the past should stay in the past -and that includes economically, politically, socially and culturally…and as this video demonstrates a SLIVER of the fact that this country ….has NOT left it in the past, or else there would be African “americans” waling around that whole campus instead of still the predominantly white institution it was set up to be…2 hours ago ·
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Charlie Thompson Its funny how there are my white people complaining about this than anyone, do you feel guilty or something? This whole thing is meant to be edgy and prove a point that Utah is sheltered and knows hardly anything about other cultures. Sure this might happen at other schools, but with the moving around I have done I would have to say Utah is the most ignorant but in a non threatening way. Todays media does nothing to prevent the stereotypes we live with, and unless you have actually met an African American, which many of those in Utah haven’t, then thats what there opinion is based off of. They worst part is that because that is the only influence for there culture, many African Americans I have met in Utah fit stereotypes perfectly, its sad but true. I would have to say that most LDS (the politically correct term for Mormons) members fit stereotypes too, everyone is talking about ignorance and racism and using a derogatory term toward LDS members, and how is that fair? Like mentioned above, I hate the pot calling the kettle black, when I see reverse racism everyday that is gotten away with because people feel guilty about what there family may or may not have done hundreds of years ago. Most LDS members are not racist at all, in fact a good portion of Polynesians are LDS due to there great family values and willingness to help others. The only thing that keeps the ignorance going is the media pointing out stereotypes with things like MTV and BET, rap in general is causing these stereotypes.2 hours ago ·
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Crystal Vegasjellyfish To many people watch allot of youtube27 minutes ago ·
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I certainly do not agree with the dogma of Mormons as they deny the divinity of Jesus Christ. However, Mormons seem to be very moral people. There are plenty of reasons not to vote for Mittens Romney, but his religion is not one of them. I am Catholic and could have voted for either of the two still in the race. But I voted for the Lutheran, Ron Paul. I certainly do not agree with the heresies of Martin Luther either, but Ron Paul will not ram Lutheranism on me like Obama is ramming birth control down the Catholic Church.
I need to correct you on a point. Mormons absolutely DO NOT deny the divinity of Jesus Christ. To quote our first article of faith, "We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost." Jesus Christ is divine as the son of God and our Saviour and Redeemer.
We do believe that Jesus Christ is the literal son of God.
Doing my part to correct misinformation.
What is "literal son of God"? Jesus is God and of the same nature of the Father fir whom everything was made.
Mormons believe that God (or Heavenly Father), Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost are three distinct entities. One in purpose, but not one in body.
Mormon.org is a good place to find out what Mormons are all about.
Jesus is God the Son, the only begotten Son of God. Satan is not a son of God, counter to what Mormons also believe. http://en.fairmormon.org/Jesus_Christ/Brother_of_…
Only when we come to Christ through faith are we given the power to become the sons of God (John 1:12). Until then we are not reconciled to him and are merely His creation, not His child.
Romney might be a good person, really…but America is tired of rich people taking the White House like the WH belong to elites and not the people. The Romneys has been running for president since before I was born. The White House do not belong to families.
Honestly, the religion is a weird cult and I question the level of devotion any intelligent person has to it. Can Romney possibly believe in and support all of the weirdness that is the Mormon faith? It's hard to respect someone who doesn't understand what he professes to believe.
Harry Reid is a Mormon.
Harry Reid is not running for president. You know Muslims, Jews and Christians believe in the true God, Mormons believe in extraterretrial beings invented by a lunatic.
I'm not a fan of Mormonism. The problem I have with it is they have an "extra" book along with the Bible. Many of my Christian friends, when put to it, consider it a cult.
They are generally good honest hardworking people who are devoted to their families and their communities and take care of themselves. I don't think I've ever met a Mormon I didn't like. My father was Mormon, my mother was Lutheran . My parents took us kids to temple. (Remember, back in the day everyone went to church) We weren't terribly excited about it. My brother and I ended up going to an evangelical Christian church with a neighbor. That seemed to fit. My sister wasn't much of a church goer.
Will there be Mormons in heaven? That's not for me to decide.
I wouldn't have a problem voting for a Mormon for president.
There are some 40 million catholics in the USA(26 millions who vote). There are some 10 million mormons(7 million who vote). Rick Santorum is Catholic. Mitt Romney is a Mormon…enough said….