agreed. there is no warrant for crass remarks on this question... it's all far too raw and hurtful on too many edges.

but i also found sparkymonster's approach to be reductive, simplistic, and no more useful than the kinds of things being reacted to.

by the same token, however, i'm not entirely sure why out-of-state mormons are being "blamed" for this, either. they didn't cast the votes, and are the consciences of californians so weak that a more effective ad campaign is really supposed to have been the "cause" of the loss?