An informal poll of Free Republic forum posts with the keyword "Mormon" was conducted for dates ranging from 1 July 2009 to 30 September 2009.
LDS Caucus and Devotional Posts: 24 (19 percent)
Posts initiated by known anti-Mormons: 89 (70 percent)
Neutral threads (passing mention to Mormonism without taking a position) 15 (12 percent)
Observations: All of the pro-LDS caucus and devotional threads were contributed by only two Freepers, namely Restornu and TheDon. Almost all of the anti-threads were generated predominantly by Colofornian (41) and Greyfoxx (30), with occasional contributions from Delacoert, Alex Murphy, and Elsie.
Trends: The total number of Mormon-related posts was down, from 205 last quarter to 128 this quarter. The percentages of anti-Mormon posts remains fairly constant, increasing slightly from 67 percent to 70 percent. The number of pro-LDS posts are way down, from 67 to 24. Are latter-day saint freepers abandoning Free Republic? There's no way to say, but we can see numerically that they've either been bullied into just lurking or they've finally seen the light about FR and left.
Freepers who are not religiously oriented may misunderstand that Mormons are "proselyting" on Free Republic. This is not so. The numbers of posts, when associated with the individuals initiating them, show that anti-Mormons are the source of the bulk of LDS-related threads on the forum.
As is obvious, almost all anti-Mormon activity on Free Republic is initiated by four or five people. The remainder of the anti-Mormons documented on our list are the ones who join the electronic mob and "pile on" after the start of the threads.
A typical pattern is for one these antagonists to post an entire article from a Church publication (such as the Ensign) or a private blog or web site, without regard to copyright provisions. The ping feature continues to be used to drum up an online "mob" which attacks the Church, its teachings and its members.
If you are concerned about this pattern of systematic anti-Mormon bigotry, please e-mail the site owner, Jim Robinson at webmaster@freerepublic.com and let your voice be heard. If you're a paying member of FR, your money is supporting hate. You might want to find a more worthy place to offer your support.
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Another big anti-Mormon blow-up on FR today
Source: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2300436/posts?q=1&;page=1#1
An article in the Atlantic about how a Pew survey showed that Mormons are the most politically conservative group in the United States sparked another anti-Mormon free-for-all on FR. As of this writing, there were 521 posts. It's not a record by any means, but it did bring in Big Jim Robinson into the fray. The more I hear it from his own mouth, the more I'm convinced he's a Mormon-hater. Of course, he is joined by the usual suspects: Alex Murphy, Colofornian, Greyfoxx39, Alex Murphy, Delacoert, Elsie, Zakeet, and Colorcountry, who are the most active and hateful anti-Mormons on the site.
All I can say is that the Christian "Taliban" as represented by the FR crowd are "cutting off their nose to spite their face" by alienating conservative Latter-day Saints. They are certainly ensuring that Obama will win another term in 2012. Either they will drive away the Mormon vote that would give them a desperately needed 1 percent of the vote or they will stay home if Mitt Romney is the candidate. Either way, their prejudice against Mormons is so strong that they'd be willing to let the United States slide in to fascism rather than bring the Mormons into "full fellowship" in the conservative tent. Sad.
An article in the Atlantic about how a Pew survey showed that Mormons are the most politically conservative group in the United States sparked another anti-Mormon free-for-all on FR. As of this writing, there were 521 posts. It's not a record by any means, but it did bring in Big Jim Robinson into the fray. The more I hear it from his own mouth, the more I'm convinced he's a Mormon-hater. Of course, he is joined by the usual suspects: Alex Murphy, Colofornian, Greyfoxx39, Alex Murphy, Delacoert, Elsie, Zakeet, and Colorcountry, who are the most active and hateful anti-Mormons on the site.
All I can say is that the Christian "Taliban" as represented by the FR crowd are "cutting off their nose to spite their face" by alienating conservative Latter-day Saints. They are certainly ensuring that Obama will win another term in 2012. Either they will drive away the Mormon vote that would give them a desperately needed 1 percent of the vote or they will stay home if Mitt Romney is the candidate. Either way, their prejudice against Mormons is so strong that they'd be willing to let the United States slide in to fascism rather than bring the Mormons into "full fellowship" in the conservative tent. Sad.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Informal survey results 2nd quarter 2009
An informal poll of Free Republic forum posts with the keyword "Mormon" was conducted for dates ranging from 1 April 2009 to 30 June 2009.
LDS Caucus and Devotional Posts: 68 (33 percent)
Posts initiated by known anti-Mormons: 137 (67 percent)
Observations: All of the pro-LDS caucus and devotional threads were contributed by only two Freepers, namely restornu and TheDon. Almost all of the anti-threads were generated predominantly by Alex Murphy and greyfoxx39, with occasional contributions from Colofornian, and delacoert.
Freepers who are not religiously oriented may misunderstand that Mormons are "proselyting" on Free Republic. The numbers of posts, when associated with the individuals initiating them, show that anti-Mormons are the source of the bulk of LDS-related threads on the forum.
A typical pattern is for of of these antagonists to post an entire article from a Church publication (such as the Ensign) or a private blog or web site, without regard to copyright provisions. The ping feature continues to be used to drum up an online "mob" which attacks the Church, its teachings and its members.
Since the "blowup" by Jim Robinson after the first FRAM Report survey, it appears that LDS defenders almost exclusively limit their participation to the caucus and devotional threads. The level of hostility has increased instead of abating and LDS members sense that enmity.
LDS Caucus and Devotional Posts: 68 (33 percent)
Posts initiated by known anti-Mormons: 137 (67 percent)
Observations: All of the pro-LDS caucus and devotional threads were contributed by only two Freepers, namely restornu and TheDon. Almost all of the anti-threads were generated predominantly by Alex Murphy and greyfoxx39, with occasional contributions from Colofornian, and delacoert.
Freepers who are not religiously oriented may misunderstand that Mormons are "proselyting" on Free Republic. The numbers of posts, when associated with the individuals initiating them, show that anti-Mormons are the source of the bulk of LDS-related threads on the forum.
A typical pattern is for of of these antagonists to post an entire article from a Church publication (such as the Ensign) or a private blog or web site, without regard to copyright provisions. The ping feature continues to be used to drum up an online "mob" which attacks the Church, its teachings and its members.
Since the "blowup" by Jim Robinson after the first FRAM Report survey, it appears that LDS defenders almost exclusively limit their participation to the caucus and devotional threads. The level of hostility has increased instead of abating and LDS members sense that enmity.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
A curious observation...
Every since the last blog post and the big anti-Mormon free-for-all (over 2,200 posts before Big Jim decided my point had been proven after all), there has been someone with an IP address registered in Port Townsend, Washington that has visited this site 45 times since April 30th. What is this person looking for? What paranoia drives them back here again and again, sometimes twice a day?
Proverbs 28:1 reads, "The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion." Why is this person still looking back over their shoulder, coming back to the FRAM Report again and again?
Is that you Colofornian, Delacoert, Alex Murphy, ColorCountry, Elsie, Sentinel? Yes, I'm still watching. Angels are watching. And yes, God is watching too.
By the way, there have been a total of no less than 93 posts about the Church initiated by the anti-Mormons on our list since the official week-long survey ended on March 30th. They're still at it!
Proverbs 28:1 reads, "The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion." Why is this person still looking back over their shoulder, coming back to the FRAM Report again and again?
Is that you Colofornian, Delacoert, Alex Murphy, ColorCountry, Elsie, Sentinel? Yes, I'm still watching. Angels are watching. And yes, God is watching too.
By the way, there have been a total of no less than 93 posts about the Church initiated by the anti-Mormons on our list since the official week-long survey ended on March 30th. They're still at it!
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