Category Archives: Conservative Resistance

Regression Toward the Tribal

Posted on Saturday 14 September 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Let’s see now. Here we are in the 21st century. In the past 500 years humankind has shown remarkable progress on two parallel fronts. Along governance: no longer was the divine right of kings (or tribal leaders) recognized; rather, principles … Continue reading →

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Friends and Neighbors, Conformity vs. Liberty

Posted on Thursday 22 August 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

How the Walz/Vance debate revealed two different views of America: conformity v liberty; How we depend on friends and neighbors, and Oprah’s DNC speech; How morality evolved, and religion merely captured it; Brief items about crowd sizes and looks; taking … Continue reading →

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Things That Don’t Change

Posted on Sunday 18 August 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

In particular, the reactions by conservatives to things that do change. Topics today: Illegals and the military; How poor poll results must be fake; The American struggle between reason and ignorance; How one small town is indeed deeply conservative; Considering … Continue reading →

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Weird and Demented

Posted on Friday 9 August 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

The weird news story of the day is something Trump said yesterday at a press conference in Florida. Here’s the first place I saw it: Salon, Nandika Chatterjee, 9 Aug 2024: “I call complete B.S.”: Trump made up a story … Continue reading →

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Weird Ways Some People Think

Posted on Wednesday 7 August 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Whatever VP candidate Harris would have picked, Republicans would have attacked him — and her motives for her choice; Most conspiracy theorists who claimed at one point that Biden had died and was replaced by a body double… have either … Continue reading →

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Subhumans, Deference, Bluster

Posted on Tuesday 6 August 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

JD Vance blurbs a book that says progressives are subhuman; Trump is hostile toward women and non-white people who are not sufficiently deferential to he who is destined to rule; Trump blusters about bitcoin, about which he has no idea. … Continue reading →

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Today’s Examples of Tribal Antics

Posted on Monday 5 August 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Sometimes the antics of the tribalists are on the front page of the New York Times, two days in a row. Though that shouldn’t be surprising, given that they’re half the population. Today’s topics: Trump’s latest attacks against Harris; How … Continue reading →

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Things Change, Necessarily

Posted on Sunday 4 August 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Seen in passing on Facebook today: Understand science, and you’ll understand religion. (In particular, I’d say, cognitive sciences, and human evolution.) \ Today’s topics: How Republicans accuse Democrats of being anti-family, while voting against programs to help families; How about … Continue reading →

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Tribal Antics, Racism, Misogyny

Posted on Friday 2 August 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Thought for the day. It occurs to me that — at the risk of tossing out another simplistic dichotomy — the OT is pure tribal morality, while the NT, parts of it anyway (Jesus, maybe, though not Paul), presents a … Continue reading →

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Doing Your Own Research; Body Doubles; Intellectual Laziness

Posted on Wednesday 31 July 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

How “doing your own research” results in absurd conspiracies about Biden body doubles; Hemant Mehta tries to parse Candace Owens’ vast conspiracy theories; And how objections to the Olympics opening ceremony are all about intellectual laziness. The problem is, on … Continue reading →

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