Re: Is DCP Accusing the Brethren of Censorship?
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 5:34 pm
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I doubt it is a coincidence that FAIR Mormon has become the new hub for alt-right culture warrior material and personalities. Hanna Seariac is their new podcast star, and she recently interviewed the alt-right, DezNat-adjacent BYU student Tristan Mourier. Gee's book fits into this orbit perfectly. It is fake science and phony scholarship designed to pump up a certain ideological take on the Mormon situation.Doctor Scratch wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 4:09 amVery interesting. It would seem that both FAIR Mormon and Amazon have restocked Gee's book, and yet, neither Deseret Book nor the BYU Religious Studies Center has done the same. Is there a secret internecine war underway? Somebody is clearly attempting to make an ideological point. You had better believe that the Mopologists are plotting their revenge.
Is there a serious schism forming?Kishkumen wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 11:02 amI doubt it is a coincidence that FAIR Mormon has become the new hub for alt-right culture warrior material and personalities. Hanna Seariac is their new podcast star, and she recently interviewed the alt-right, DezNat-adjacent BYU student Tristan Mourier. Gee's book fits into this orbit perfectly. It is fake science and phony scholarship designed to pump up a certain ideological take on the Mormon situation.Doctor Scratch wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 4:09 amVery interesting. It would seem that both FAIR Mormon and Amazon have restocked Gee's book, and yet, neither Deseret Book nor the BYU Religious Studies Center has done the same. Is there a secret internecine war underway? Somebody is clearly attempting to make an ideological point. You had better believe that the Mopologists are plotting their revenge.
So, where the LDS Church itself will shy away from the alt-right, FAIR Mormon seems to be embracing it.
I doubt it. Mormonism has long accommodated and provided a home for crazy radicals on the Right. As long as they do not threaten the LDS Church, they can sail along with impunity as active members in good standing. The Church will not place its official stamp of approval on them, but they are also not rushing out to condemn, silence, or discipline them.
I don't know, Reverend. I sort of wonder if the Mopologists themselves feel a bit adrift. I'm reminded of that scene, early on in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, where Kirk and McCoy share an illicit drink of Romulan ale, and they reflect on their place in the galactic landscape as they grow ever older. The Mopologists have always seen themselves as conservative bulwarks against "liberal" excess (I guess?), but today they can't help but ignore where the more extreme fringes of American conservatism have gone. What's weird is their uncertainty: you get the sense that they are poised to jump fully onboard with Seariac and the hardcore DezNat/alt-right, but they are worried that Biden will win the election and they will once again have to fight against inevitable marginalization. Well, the alternative to that, of course, is Trump, but Dr. Peterson has been forbidden from speaking on any topic relating to politics. For what it's worth, I don't think he cares who wins, so long as DezNat-style fascism is allowed to flourish.Kishkumen wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 11:02 amI doubt it is a coincidence that FAIR Mormon has become the new hub for alt-right culture warrior material and personalities. Hanna Seariac is their new podcast star, and she recently interviewed the alt-right, DezNat-adjacent BYU student Tristan Mourier. Gee's book fits into this orbit perfectly. It is fake science and phony scholarship designed to pump up a certain ideological take on the Mormon situation.Doctor Scratch wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 4:09 amVery interesting. It would seem that both FAIR Mormon and Amazon have restocked Gee's book, and yet, neither Deseret Book nor the BYU Religious Studies Center has done the same. Is there a secret internecine war underway? Somebody is clearly attempting to make an ideological point. You had better believe that the Mopologists are plotting their revenge.
So, where the LDS Church itself will shy away from the alt-right, FAIR Mormon seems to be embracing it.