#deznat chronicles

[heathersdesk]

Years ago, some sheltered Utah person was raging on Twitter that he has to be in the Church with progressive Mormons. I believe he called us filthy goats? Dirty goats? It was in reference to the parable of the sheep and the goats.

So I sent him probably 20 gifs of hilarious goats, specifically because I wasn't in the mood for a serious debate, I knew it would bother him, but it wasn't something he could report me for.

The only thing that could've made it better is if people liked the goats repeatedly, so his notifications would've been held hostage by nothing but goats.

[heathersdesk]

DezNat Chronicles, Part 3

So what did I do to get myself targeted by DezNat in the first place?

I posted a thread about how I chose to support my spouse in his desire to remain in the Church and be active while I was inactive and deconstructing.

They saw it. They got upset because the idea of a relationship continuing to function after a spouse deconstructs, goes inactive, or leaves the Church is something they've been told is impossible. The only thing to do in those situations, 100% of the time, is to get divorced.

Most people recognize that as a ridiculous overreaction. But DezNat folks get really upset when you point out that the internal logic by which they choose who to hate makes no sense.

So you could be doing the exact right thing, the kindest things in a situation, the thing that allows someone to keep their faith and preserve their allegiance to the institutional church, and they will still turn you into a punching bag.

Because it's not about logic. It's not about faith. It's not about belief. It's about control. And if they can't control the narratives and the people at church around them exactly the way they want to, they will attack you.

[heathersdesk]

DezNat Chronicles, Part 2

[This thread was in response to a tweet from an LDS father who said that if his daughter, who is currently 4, ever came out as LGBTQ, he would refuse to show any support for her relationship, would oppose her wedding, and would disrespect her any time she came to his house. His justification was that because they view their house as an extension of the LDS temple, they would feel justified in outwardly disrespecting her in these ways as a queer person.

He took the tweet down after being the Twitter villain of the day for several days in a row. He appears to have also deleted his account.]

I'm just a convert who has spent most of my time in the Church explaining to parents that when God condemned coercion as a teaching tactic, he was talking about YOU.

Persuasion. Long-suffering. Gentleness. Meekness. Love UNFEIGNED.

Point to which one you think means coercion, force, manipulation, and ongoing punishment into adulthood. Because if this is what you think God gives you license to do, it's because you're illiterate.

"But Sister Collins. What about reproving betimes with sharpness? That means I get to reject whoever I want however I want, with no filter, tact, or respect for anyone's boundaries, doesn't it?"

How exactly do you think you're going to act like that, then show an increase of love afterwards? Hmm? How? You can't. Because you've already proven your faithfulness isn't stronger than death. Your faithfulness to your children is non-existent when you treat them like this.

If you treat a random person at church with more kindness, tolerance, and respect than your own children, just because they're ideologically similar to you, you're not a good parent. You're not even a good person, to say nothing of being a good Christian.

But you don't have to take my word for it. It's literally in the Sermon on the Mount. God never intended for you to only surround yourself with people who think and act exactly like you do. When God commanded you to "be perfect," it was only in the grace you show to others.

If your temple cosplay is more important to you than having a relationship with your adult children, I have news for you:

You won't have a relationship with them.

And the only person you will have to blame for that is yourself.

[heathersdesk]

DezNat Chronicles, Part 1

There are a hell of a lot of active Mormons who are going to tell Jesus they cast out devils in his name. They're going to be talking about LGBTQ+ people. And they're going to be gobsmacked at his response.

Jesus: They were hungry. Did you feed them? Mormons: No. Jesus: Did you give them water? Shelter? Ms: No. Jesus: Medicine? Ms: ...No. Jesus: So what *did* you do? Ms: Kicked them out of our houses and families, then cyber bullied and threatened anyone who openly supported them or showed them love in any way. Jesus: Welp. That's us done then. You can exit through the door you came in through. Ms: What do you mean? Jesus: ...Ok. I see the confusion here. You thought that when I said I would kick people out of the Celestial Kingdom for disobeying my commandments to love their neighbors, you thought I didn't mean you. Yeah, no. It was you, darling. Off you pop!

In fact, the only falsehood in everything I just said is I'm painting Jesus out to be much nicer than he has any intentions of being.

So unless you want to get called a worker of iniquity by Jesus himself, maybe stop with the iniquities.

Find ANYthing better to do with your time.

[heathersdesk]

Intro to the DezNat Chronicles

I spent the better part of October 2022 being targeted and harassed by DezNat on Twitter.

It escalated to a point where I had anonymous accounts sending me screenshots of my address and threatening to come to my house.

Because I'm proud of how I handled myself throughout that situation, including several of the public spankings I gave, I'm preserving them here for posterity. You know, in case Twitter goes down permanently and they decide to take their Cosplaying as Good People routine on the road.