I haven't even read past this line, but this is absolutely an outrageous comment. To even compare a God-fearing man like Brigham Young to a murderous tyrant is completely unacceptable, and I ask you to take this back. Brigham Young may have been the governor, but he did not have absolute power and was not a violent dictator. If he was, the US government would not have allowed him to remain as governor.
Now I will go back and read the rest of your post, but I ask you to moderate your statements.
If my memory of history serves me correctly, wasn't allowed to remain as governor...in fact, I think he stepped down only a few months after the mass murder.
Mention the MMM and the anti-Mormon brigade starts firing shots. Here are some facts:
1. The wagon train pillaged their way through Utah making many enemies.
2. They left poisoned meat for the Indians, some of whom died.
3. They were considered murderers by the Indians, and no doubt by some of the Mormons.
4. An anthropologist who examined their bones concluded that they were killed by tomahawks not by bullets.
5. The Danites were never part of the Mormon church.
6. Half of Utah were sealed to Brigham Young. It means nothing if Lee was sealed to him.
7. A common source of lies is the speculation of people who project themselves onto historical figures.
8. Brigham Young’s message to the church in southern Utah was to give safe passage of the wagon train through the area. The message arrived by messenger too late to have an effect.