So reports the Salt Lake Tribune. Repressed sexual energy? Are you kidding? That must account for all those very small Utah Mormon families . . .
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October 1, 2010
So reports the Salt Lake Tribune. Repressed sexual energy? Are you kidding? That must account for all those very small Utah Mormon families . . .
October 1, 2010 at 9:15 pm
It was a stupid tweet but losing your job over it? Very harsh. Seems unnecessary. Mormons can be offended by the comment but should also forgive and forget.
October 1, 2010 at 9:34 pm
I agree, David. It really was much ado about nothing. Certainly not a firing offense. There’s a lot more offensive stuff said about Mormons than that they’re sexually repressed. I was more amused than anything . . .
October 1, 2010 at 9:54 pm
Yes, I was too. It was like when Utah’s Fox 13 news director went ballistic over E. Oak’s talk last year about religious freedom.
Interesting to see how some of the local media feel about the Church when they let their hair down.
Still, not unexpected and certainly not worth losing a job over. Especially in this economy.
October 1, 2010 at 9:28 pm
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by LDS Blogs and Guy Murray, Brian Skinner. Brian Skinner said: RT @Guy_Murray: KTVX station employee fired for tweeting that #Mormons sexually repressed–really? http://bit.ly/ar5rAN [...]
October 2, 2010 at 8:29 am
What’s the big deal? Firing him seems like an extreme over reaction.
October 2, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Still trying to figure that out myself
October 2, 2010 at 7:33 pm
Why would he be fired for stating a well-known common fact?
November 26, 2010 at 10:44 am
I agree that it was an over-reaction. A tweeted apology, or at most an on-air apology, would have been more commensurate.
I suspect management wanted to fire the person anyway, and just used this as an excuse.
I also suspect that what the tweeter was referring to as sexual repression was what LDS would call modesty in behavior/dress/speech.