This is going to go over well ... Ugh

[Blueintheface]

One of my favorite comments:

Good comment but he/she (not a shemale, although this person could be a shemale, because [we'll call this person "Pat"] obviously supports liberal Mormonism) should have left out the sentence on judgment. That is not a judgment on my part, just a suggestion.

[TripletDaddy]

Joni Hilton has a youtube channel called "Your YouTube Mom." After perusing some of her vids, it quickly became apparent that Joni's ability to find quick fault and offer overly simplified solutions extends beyond the behavior of Church members.

In this video, Joni gives us the inside scoop on how to deal with "The Bragging Mom."

[YOhio]

Joni Hilton has a youtube channel called "Your YouTube Mom." After perusing some of her vids, it quickly became apparent that Joni's ability to find quick fault and offer overly simplified solutions extends beyond the behavior of Church members.

In this video, Joni gives us the inside scoop on how to deal with "The Bragging Mom."

So the solution is to agree with her about liberal Mormons and she'll shut up.

[Donuthole]

Joni Hilton has a youtube channel called "Your YouTube Mom." After perusing some of her vids, it quickly became apparent that Joni's ability to find quick fault and offer overly simplified solutions extends beyond the behavior of Church members.

In this video, Joni gives us the inside scoop on how to deal with "The Bragging Mom."

Wow. Oversimplification is right. It's as if it doesn't even occur to her that The Bragging Mom will just find something else to brag to you about. After all, you've agreed with her, so why would she continue to brag to you?

[TripletDaddy]

I wish I had seen this Joni Hilton video before I started posting on this message board

[Blueintheface]

I wish I had seen this Joni Hilton video before I started posting on this message board

I'm phasing you out, DDD. Sorry, just being honest!

[Jeff Lebowski]

Linky no worky. I wonder if they pulled the essay. That might be offensive even by Meridian Magazine standards.

[Eddie]

Wow. Oversimplification is right. It's as if it doesn't even occur to her that The Bragging Mom will just find something else to brag to you about. After all, you've agreed with her, so why would she continue to brag to you?

Spoken like a mom who has felt deficient at times when comparing her children to other people's children.

I get what she's recommending, and I kind of agree with her. But for a different reason. She seems to be coming from a place of "Dang parent bragging about their kid because they know mine is dumb as a rock and I've got nothing to brag about." She needs to come from a place of "Parents should be proud of their kids. And it's OK to recognize other people's kids for their achievements."

[jay santos]

Linky no worky. I wonder if they pulled the essay. That might be offensive even by Meridian Magazine standards.

Nice job Progmo's. First you get Dan Peterson fired. Now you set your sights on poor Joni Hilton.

[myboynoah]

Nice job Progmo's. First you get Dan Peterson fired. Now you set your sights on poor Joni Hilton.

YouTube motherhood takes another hit. Just a sign of the times.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Nice job Progmo's. First you get Dan Peterson fired. Now you set your sights on poor Joni Hilton.

Speaking of Daniel Peterson, check out this recent essay:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeterson/2013/10/it-actually-does-take-a-village-a-note-on-community-and-openness.html

Be careful, it might make your head explode.

I understand the need for privacy, and am not calling for the Church to be transformed into one great boundary-less sensitivity-training session and group hug. But I do think that too much pretense harms us and prevents the Church from fully carrying out its divinely-appointed mission. Furthermore, acting as if we have to merit admission into heaven rather than to seek entrance via the grace of Christ is plain, unambiguous, heresy.

That might be the best thing he has ever written. I bet Joni Hilton would disapprove.

[FMCoug]

Linky no worky. I wonder if they pulled the essay. That might be offensive even by Meridian Magazine standards.

Yep. It is on mormonstories though for posterity.

http://mormonstories.org/meridian-magazines-are-you-a-liberal-mormon-by-joni-hilton/

Boom!

*Update* An email response from the Meridian Editorial Team (Hat tip to Kristina Olergård Tenney):

“XXX (name withheld here for privacy reasons),

The team in charge of editorial today was not on the top of things and we agree that this article is extremely offensive and it will be taken down.
It has been removed from the homepage and will be completely deleted from the site before long. There may still be a cached copy if you don’t clear your cache, but it will be removed in the next few hours. God loves everyone, regardless of whether they are liberal or conservative. James E. Faust was a liberal Mormon too.
We are embarrassed that it slipped through somehow.”

[CardiacCoug]

Love how she equates "staggering out of a bar" with "heading into the shopping mall on Sundays."

Bikinis? Iced Tea? R-rated movies? Holy shit can she concern herself with anything less important?

Really does read like something straight out of The Sugar Beet: http://sugar-beet.blogspot.com/

[Pheidippides]

Speaking of Daniel Peterson, check out this recent essay:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeterson/2013/10/it-actually-does-take-a-village-a-note-on-community-and-openness.html

Be careful, it might make your head explode.



That might be the best thing he has ever written. I bet Joni Hilton would disapprove.

Somebody has hacked his account or something. That's gotta be it.

[TripletDaddy]

The most frustrating part is that Joni Hilton probably feels even more justified than ever, proof that even ldsmag.com caters to liberalism instead of standing up for what is right.

This somewhat public rebuke reminds me a little of that Brian Williams Mormon exposé that featured the wife that went on about all the righteous things she does, including abstaining from caffeine, turns out she was so righteous the church had to issue a press the release a couple of days later to clarify some of the false things she implied. I wonder if people like that woman or Joni Hilton feel embarrassed a bit or emboldened when they are corrected in such fashion?