Re: OT: Mormons (was Re: Survey)

It might also help that you aren't LDS yourself.  Easier to hear it when
it's directed to you; I rarely hear people insulting gay people or blacks or
Jews, and I'm pretty sure that happens all the time.  I only hear
anti-Latino jokes occasionally, but I know they're practically an epidemic
around here.  In my experience, in Ohio, whether the jokes were about
Jehovah's Witnesses or Mormons was a matter of which group had more a
presence in the local area.  Here in LA the big favorite to make fun of is
the Church of Scientology (L. Ron Hubbard).  Not surprisingly, it's a huge
organization here (they own at least a full block of Hollywood Blvd.,
interestingly enough right across the street from the Oscars' new location)
and it's full of high-profile people.

See my other message for examples of stereotypes or things people say about
us.  Truth is stranger than fiction, but lies are stranger than either.

Sarah Marie Parker-Allen
lloannna@surfside.net
http://www.geocities.com/lloannna.geo
http://lloannna.blogspot.com

"I will not turn into a snake. It never helps." -- Rules for the Evil
Overlord

> -----Original Message-----
> Behalf Of Nik Taylor
> I've never heard anyone make fun of Mormons.  Perhaps that's because
> there aren't that many Mormons around, tho.  :-)  But, the religions
> that I've heard made fun of (in the South) most are fundamentalism (in
> general), Southern Baptists, and Jehovah's Witnesses.
>
> What *are* stereotypes of Mormons?  The only thing that comes to *my*
> mind as stereotypes would be somewhat dull, but very
> straight-and-narrow-path.
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