tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31939770.post1682133622579536351..comments2023-10-29T06:13:19.483-04:00Comments on Picaresque: No Mormons allowed?Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634766750596400436noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31939770.post-59966107883333019682012-07-20T14:01:28.341-04:002012-07-20T14:01:28.341-04:00Honestly, when I first read the post linked here m...Honestly, when I first read the post linked here my first reaction was confusion. I wasn't sure what the point of the post was or what the editors intended by including it in their daily round-up. If their intent was just to show a piece of religious-based travel writing, I would think they're more on the ball than that--their commentariat is feisty, well-informed, and opinionated, and the church is in the news everywhere these days. If they wanted to talk about Romney but didn't want to use a related news piece, this isn't a good way of bringing up LDS issues (obviously).<br /><br />If the intent of the piece itself is as one of those "and I'm a Mormon!" style pieces designed to show the outside world that LDS folk are just like everyone else, with a little somethin' extra...well, I still find myself baffled by that sort of advertising. If you're going to be a peculiar people, be a peculiar people. Own it! Embrace it! And yes, talk about it! From what I recall, the point isn't to have it both ways, it's to be set quite clearly apart from the world in certain ways.Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09634766750596400436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31939770.post-59844080962865671442012-07-20T12:34:08.485-04:002012-07-20T12:34:08.485-04:00I feel very similar in terms of talking about Morm...I feel very similar in terms of talking about Mormon culture - we really do need to just address this topic with honesty, talking about both the good and the bad. Instead of just ignoring it. Which, in the Romney candidacy, seems to be the approach - most of the pundits are too scared to address the issue in an honest manner and so just gloss over the fact. When in fact, he is fully invested in the Church, fully a Mormon, with all of the pros and cons that accompany that identity.postmormongirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13455759739126093761noreply@blogger.com