{"id":16950,"date":"2021-02-24T21:46:48","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T02:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2012\/06\/13\/really-you-think-study-shows-spike-in-anti-mormonism-among-liberals\/"},"modified":"2021-02-25T17:34:53","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T22:34:53","slug":"really-you-think-study-shows-spike-in-anti-mormonism-among-liberals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/16950","title":{"rendered":"Really, you think? Study shows spike in anti-Mormonism among liberals"},"content":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/JohnAmbrose8\/status\/212966688533131264\r\n\r\nStop the presses! Bombshell! OMG!\r\n\r\nBuzzfeed reports on an astonishing<\/a> new study<\/a>:\r\n\r\nAmericans\u2019 aversion to voting for Mormons has spiked since Mitt Romney\u2019s first presidential bid in 2007 \u2014 and that the people most wary of Mormon candidates are not Evangelicals, but rather political liberals and non-religious voters, according to new research from a leading scholar of anti-Mormon attitudes.\r\n\r\nThe overall increase in anti-Mormon attitudes among liberals may be an unanticipated consequence of the \u201cthe continuing candidacy of Mitt Romney and Mormon activism against same-sex marriage,\u201d the study suggests.\r\n\r\nSee, it\u2019s not that liberals are intolerant, it\u2019s that \u201cMitt Romney and Mormon activism against same-sex marriage\u201d are forcing liberals to go against their tolerant natures. It\u2019s not their fault, the Mormons are asking for it.\r\n\r\nliberals are tolerant, open-minded, love rainbows and unicorns and hate Mormonism http:\/\/t.co\/qR6K1D8B<\/a>\r\n\r\n\u2014 Philip Hopkins (@hopbros) June 13, 2012<\/a>\r\n\r\nBen Smith of BuzzFeed is shocked \u2014 shocked! \u2014 that anti-Mormon attitudes are on the rise among liberals.\r\n\r\nBit of a bombshell new study suggests that LIBERAL anti-Mormonism is sharply on the rise http:\/\/t.co\/ifdBOGor<\/a>\r\n\r\n\u2014 Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) June 13, 2012<\/a>\r\n\r\nBut the study confirmed what conservatives have observed for months.\r\n\r\n\"Our<\/a>\r\n

Brooklyn Bridge – Blessed Is The Rain – [STEREO] “MusicMike’s “Flashback Favorites”<\/a><\/p>\r\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/4everLiberty\/status\/212933552512315392<\/a>\r\n\r\nI am amused you think this \u201cbombshell\u201d MT @BuzzFeedBen<\/a>: Bit of a bombshell LIBERAL anti-Mormonism is sharply on the rise http:\/\/t.co\/ZEqYvKva<\/a>\r\n\r\n\u2014 KeepCalmAndDrawl (@FormerDeminTX) June 13, 2012<\/a>\r\n\r\nUnsurprising RT @BuzzFeedBen<\/a>: Bit of a bombshell new study suggests that LIBERAL anti-Mormonism is sharply on the rise http:\/\/t.co\/pHvNxobh<\/a>\r\n\r\n\u2014 John Tabin (@johntabin) June 13, 2012<\/a>\r\n\r\n@BuzzFeedBen<\/a> Well, bombshell to those who haven’t been reading Pareene et al at Salon, Maureen Dowd at NYT, or watching O’Donnell on MSNBC.\r\n\r\n\u2014 Yair Rosenberg (@Yair_Rosenberg) June 13, 2012<\/a>\r\n\r\nSmith can spare us his feigned surprise that tolerant, enlightened liberals have an aversion to Mormonism. It\u2019s screamingly obvious that when it comes to embracing religious diversity, \u201ccoexist\u201d is a liberal bumper sticker, not a way of life.\r\n\r\nThe liberal anti-Mormon sentiment is all but inescapable. Here are some reminders pulled from the Twitchy archives:\r\n