Faithism?

I went back to throw a link to yesterday's post on the Review Journal and Sun websites. I reread all of the comments that prompted me to write the post in the first place. And it really pissed me off.

Look, Mormons are a little weird because they don't drink and have "family values", I get it. I mean, if they just weren't so proud of their integrity, they'd be okay, right? They should have the decency to keep their high moral standards behind closed doors where no one has to look at them and feel bad, like good, decent folk.

Seriously, if one more person tells me Mormons have a "holier-than-thou" attitude, we'll throw down. I'm not LDS. But lots of my friends are. They're open about their faith, but they aren't pushy. Religion has become taboo in America. If anyone even mentions their church in a public setting, they're one of those people, and if they're actually proud of their church and their belief, well that's just crass; a social faux pas. Grow up.

One more thing, when did it become okay to single out a group and make fun of them in a public forum? Nobody, nobody would have the balls to start making black jokes or gay jokes on a newspaper's website. But Tony, religion is different. Okay, I get that, but if someone started slandering Jews or Muslims in a well-read public forum, some advocacy group or another would rear their head and breathe fire.

This isn't a call to action. Don't e-mail the RJ or the Sun telling them you're mad as hell. If you do that, they'll either do away with the comments section under each story, or moderate them so heavily that they'll lose their purpose. Those comments sections get people thinking and talking about what's going on in their communities.

Instead, this is a call not to be a punk. Got a problem with an entire religion? So did Hitler, keep your bonehead opinions to yourself.