- thor on Unsettling Settler Mormon Lifeways: A Review of Elise Boxer’s Mormon Settler Colonialism by Jason Palmer: “At first I thought this was a joke and laughed at the pretentious language and vacuous prose. Then I realized there are “scholars” actually wasting their time with this, and it made me sad. Because this level of sanctimonious garbage and self-hate inevitably invites an opposing reaction. The point is not to actually advocate for subjugated people. Rather, the point is to introduce as much antagonism and dislike as possible into the public discourse. Well, I will fight back against that reaction and wish everyone a beautiful day. But let us remember to focus on the weightier matters: love justice, do mercy, and walk humbly.” Jun 6, 10:56
- on Unsettling Settler Mormon Lifeways: A Review of Elise Boxer’s Mormon Settler Colonialism by Jason Palmer: “Honestly, this post is an example of Poe’s law. “Boxer’s book is an example of what decolonial writing can look like.” Is this praise? If true, the book has little chance of making any headway among those who aren’t already in its ideological camp or Latter-day Saints with any kind of remotely orthodox belief.” Jun 6, 09:26
- on Transportation Theory and Algorithmitizing Mission Assignments: “There was a language test in 1974 when I received my call. I wanted to serve in an English-speaking mission. I found the language-test questions easy to understand. I was called to learn Navaho.” Jun 5, 22:51
- on A Review: Blood Vessels: Vigilante Violence in the American West: “RL, I don’t think it went into John Brown, at least not the famous one. There is some discussion of race dynamics in one or two situations, but the focus was primarily on white-on-white violence.” Jun 5, 14:46
- on A Review: Blood Vessels: Vigilante Violence in the American West: “Looks interesting, particularly the bit on governor Ford. here’s hoping my library gets a copy. From what I’ve read on California’s vigilance committees they involved a substantial portion of the population, so I wonder how that fits with tracing individual actors.” Jun 3, 17:27
- on A Review: Blood Vessels: Vigilante Violence in the American West: “John Brown gets a mention? And do they explore racial dynamics in general?” Jun 3, 16:51
- on Cutting Edge Latter-day Saint Research, May 2026: “They do; this is an interesting crop this month.” Jun 3, 13:25
- on Cutting Edge Latter-day Saint Research, May 2026: “Once again, thanks, Stephen, for pulling these together. They all look interesting.” Jun 3, 08:54
- on A Review: Blood Vessels: Vigilante Violence in the American West: “Mountain Meadows Massacre isn’t addressed in the book, but the thesis of one act of violence leading to another based on the previous experience could easily be applied.” Jun 2, 18:34
- on A Review: Blood Vessels: Vigilante Violence in the American West: “Thanks very much for the review. Any connection of his thesis to Mountain Meadows?” Jun 2, 17:59
