Category Archives: Conservative Resistance

MAGA and the Charlie Kirk Cult

Posted on Wednesday 17 September 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Apparently “leftist” means not demonizing gays and transgender people, as Christians do; How Charlie Kirk’s discourse favored conflict, not informed debate; Some MAGA guy wants to perhaps kill 500,000 people in response to Charlie Kirk’s murder; And Karoline Leavitt thinks … Continue reading →

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Delusional, or Lying

Posted on Tuesday 16 September 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

The DOJ deletes a study showing that most domestic violence is from the right; Trump et al knew this, but still pursue vengeance against the left; The attorney general thinks hate speech is not covered by free speech; The vice … Continue reading →

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Splits, Hypocrisy, and Bad-Faith Arguments

Posted on Monday 15 September 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

The themes today are about the continued demonization of “the Left” despite the identification of the Charlie Kirk shooter; and how the Right (as did Kirk) claims to valorize “free speech” while quelling anyone who says anything not nice about … Continue reading →

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So Many Villains

Posted on Sunday 14 September 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

More to the transgender-roommate story? Media Matters summarizes the situation up to a couple days ago; Despite the right’s affirmation of free speech, they are compiling lists of people critical of Charlie Kirk, and getting them fired; How SF/F writer … Continue reading →

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How the Right Is Crazy Desperate to Connect Charlie Kirk’s Killer to Things They Don’t Like

Posted on Saturday 13 September 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

It’s been quite a display of shameless motivated thinking the past two days. Many people see what they want to see, but conservatives are especially prone to this. (That’s why they’re so easily fooled by Trump, about everything.) A better … Continue reading →

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The Real Americans?

Posted on Thursday 11 September 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

We live in a bizarre world in which many, perhaps most, Americans deify people who are against basic American values. (Because what really drives conservatives is not the Constitution, but the OT.) So many news posts and Facebook posts about … Continue reading →

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Charlie Kirk, and the Simplex Republican Mindset

Posted on Wednesday 10 September 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

The assassination of Charlie Kirk, and reflecting on past political assassinations; Despite RFK Jr., there is no single cause to autism; Braeden Sorbo as another right-wing Republican, like Charlie Kirk, who thinks women shouldn’t have the right to vote; Paul … Continue reading →

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Suicide of American Greatness

Posted on Monday 8 September 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Stephen Greenblatt on how a scientific superpower is destroying itself; Scientists demolish Trump’s DOE report; Short items about the search for anti-Christian bias that’s turned up only petty grievances; Jim Wright wonders what Trump or MAGA actually *like* about America; … Continue reading →

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How About a Nobel Prize for Belligerence?

Posted on Sunday 7 September 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

More about Trump’s actions vs his aspirations. You’d think Trump were running to win a Nobel Prize not for peace, but for belligerence. NY Times, David French, 7 Sept 2025: It Doesn’t Seem Wise to Let Trump Decide What War … Continue reading →

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Greed, and Heaven

Posted on Thursday 28 August 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Thom Hartmann on the motivation of Republicans: Greed; Brief items about Trump as dictator; why Trump talks about heaven; Robert Reich on how to respond to Trump’s lies about “crime wave” (point out Trump’s violations); the suspended postal shipments to … Continue reading →

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