Picking on Mormons

I have to agree with Jonah here, that Prop. 8 opponents (aka pro-gay-marriage folks) took it too far with their anti-Mormon television ad as well as their thuggish behavior in my post titled The New Totalitarians.

Jonah hits the nail on the head when he points out how lily-livered liberals are when it comes to their attacks.

Did you catch the political ad in which two Jews ring the doorbell of a nice working-class family? They barge in and rifle through the wife’s purse and then the man’s wallet for any cash. Cackling, they smash the daughter’s piggy bank and pinch every penny. “We need it for the Wall Street bailout!” they exclaim.

No? Maybe you saw the one with the two swarthy Muslims who knock on the door of a nice Jewish family and then blow themselves up?

No? Well, then surely you saw the TV ad in which two smarmy Mormon missionaries knock on the door of an attractive lesbian couple. “Hi, we’re from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints!” says the blond one with a toothy smile. “We’re here to take away your rights.” The Mormon zealots yank the couple’s wedding rings from their fingers and then tear up their marriage license.

As the thugs leave, one says to the other, “That was too easy.” His smirking comrade replies, “Yeah, what should we ban next?” The voice-over implores viewers: “Say no to a church taking over your government.”

Obviously, the first two ads are fictional because no one would dare run such anti-Semitic or anti-Muslim attacks.

Have you noticed that PETA only attacks McDonald's? Sure it is McDonald's is the biggest but its demographics are "easier" to hit than Burger King's which skews towards construction workers. Don't get what I mean? Have you ever noticed that PETA only throws paint on women in fur coats and not Harley Bike Riders in leather jackets?

Liberals need to understand they enjoy the freedoms of America because it is a democracy. And if they can not rationally convince the majority of Americans to vote for whatever social policy they are backing (as they have not with gay marriage), then they have to suck it up - not resort to McCarthy-style blacklists and violence.

Liberals are bullies. If we all stand up and demand civil behavior in our civil society, then they will behavior like civil people.