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Michael De Groote explains MDL (Mormon Defense League) | Daniel Peterson Open Thread

Chino Blanco, August 18, 2011August 19, 2011

Fight Club was the beginning, now it’s moved out of the basement, it’s called Project Mayhem. — T. Durden There is a concern that public affairs, or the urge to be attractive, goes too far toward assimilation. You strain out anything that would be unusual. And for many Mormons its…

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Mythbusting, Mormon-Style!

chanson, August 8, 2011

As we recently discussed, Deseret News was lamenting confusion in media news coverage about Mormons and polygamy — while simultaneously helping it along by providing additional confusing misinformation on the subject. I give them irony bonus points for this statement: And despite confusion in some media coverage, there is no…

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The Straw Man That Broke The Deseret News’s Back

profxm, October 10, 2010

In case you missed it, there is an editorial in the Deseret News about the criticism LDS Inc. is receiving over Boyd Packer’s homophobic talk during General Conference. The editorial is both dishonest and weakly argued. Let’s start with the half-truths: This focused attention on the LDS Church is deeply…

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Deseret News introduces Editorial Advisory Board

Chino Blanco, August 24, 2010September 3, 2011

Update: Jeremy over at Good As You has now filed his report on this news: Out and proud NOMmers eat away your rights, save room for ‘Deseret’ Rather than reading my random thoughts below, I’d suggest clicking over and reading Jeremy’s post. For an LDS perspective, I’d suggest checking out…

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