Mormons and Persecution

Many Mormons love talking about how they are persecuted. Persecution is a big part of Mormon history, but is it still a big issue today? Probably not.
Mormons are powerful. Mormons have much higher rate graduating from high school, college, going to grad school, getting medical degrees, and PhDs. Mormons are much wealthier than average Americans. So is the LDS church, it's the richest church in the U.S. On top of that, there are many Mormon politicians including a GOP presidential candidate. Not to mention the majority of Mormons in America are white. If this group of people is the target of constant persecution, then nobody in the country is safe.

Then why do so many Mormons think they are persecuted?
First let me say it again, persecution is a big part of Mormon history. The early Saints were kicked out of there lands many times and eventually moved from New York to Utah. At one point of time there was almost a war between Utah and the U.S. known as the Utah War. The memory of persecution is still haunting Mormons today.
Second many Mormons are originally from Utah or have once lived there. While directly or indirectly having the memory of being the mass majority and getting everything in the Mormon way, it has to be unsatisfying when they have to make compromise.

Being a Mormon myself, I have to say that I'm tired of hearing people describe how they are "persecuted" when there's really nothing. So people joke about our religion. So what? It's not like we don't do the same thing. So some people don't treat missionaries nice. But how many of us treat salesmen nicely? In addition, how many missionaries treat investigators respectfully (by respectfully I mean the recipients feels so)? From my personal experience,  5 out of 11 missionaries talked to me were not.
It's true people intentionally or unintentionally do or say things make we Mormons uncomfortable, but they probably feel the same way as well. And that's no persecution at all. The Lord was persecuted. If you don't receive somewhat similar treatment then you are not persecuted.
Seriously, let's forget about that bitterness. Have a good attitude, have some sense of humor, or even be a bit cynical. There are many things we can just laugh at or ignore. There's really no need to remember and carry them as our burdens. If you are reading it and you are not a Mormon, next time if a Mormon accuse you saying you are "persecuting" him/her, just ignore that idiot.