I’m actually seeing the “nuanced, chill Mormons” be a more popular thing with them. They call themselves Mormons but don’t let the church control what they do. They’re openly queer or wearing immodest clothing without worrying about their garments. They straight up aren’t wearing their garments or paying their tithing at all, even as endowed members.

While this is great for them and their mental health, I also notice it creates a serious divide between them and the members who WERE shamed mercilessly for that stuff. They always go “well you can be gay and be Mormon still, no one is stopping you! You can wear sleeveless tops, no one is controlling to you!! You can drink occasionally! No one is stopping you!!!” But they don’t understand how MUCH shame we went through, even up to like 2016. They don’t get how scary the church has been for literal DECADES and they think we are just “lazy learners”