Mormons never bothered me, but one thing I had noticed was they are very insular and always prefer Mormon politicians over non-Mormons. Hence why we can't get rid of people like Romney. At least that was my image - but the other day I was listening to a gaming stream from Razorfist where he read a superchat on the topic of insufferable Mormon politicians, and he said that in his experience Mormons are instinctively RINOs. (let's pretend that means "someone not a true right-winger") He pointed to an example of a local Arizona politician Russell Pierce who WAS a Mormon, but his own church helped kick him out of office because he wanted immigration and election reform with the Protect Arizona Now initiative and SB1070. Apparently illegal immigrants are a source of new Mormon blood?
Here is the exact timestamp of the comment. (2:49:51)
What do you guys think? Was that a one-off or is there something about modern Mormonism that makes their "conservatives" non-conservative establishment cucks?
(Obviously I mean as a group i.e. The LDS Church. Individuals can be based.)
About Mormons in video game history, I recall a funny exchange from The Masters of DOOM.
John Romero: "So, you're a Mormon?"
Sandy Petersen: "Yes."
Romero: "Well, at least you're like not a Mormon that keeps pumping out tons of kids and stuff."
Petersen: "Actually, I've got five kids."
Romero: "Oh, okay, but it's not like ten or anything. But you know five's a lot, but, um, at least you're not a really hard-core card-carrying Mormon."
Petersen: "Oh, I've got my Mormon card right here!"
Romero: "Well, at least you don't wear those garments and stuff, right?"
Petersen: "Got my garments on right here!"
Romero: "Okay, okay, I'm going to shut up."
Petersen: "Look, don't worry. I have no problem with the demons in the game. They're just cartoons. And anyway, they're the bad guys."
A lot of excerpts from Masters of Doom get talked about all the time, but this is the first time I've ever seen anyone mention this one.
It's really telling and shows precisely the sort of leftist Romero would go on to become.
I didn't know anything about his politics but realized he's a crazy loon when he added "he/him" to his profile. I ignore anything that anyone with pronouns says - that rule hasn't done me wrong yet.
He's always been the guy who wants to be cooler than he actually is. If it makes him feel cooler, he will do it.
People who know him have been sending the video of Eddy Munson playing guitar on Stranger Things because it fits his character.