Category Archives: Conservative Resistance

LQCs: The New Era of Reducing Civil Rights, via Religious Reactionaries

Posted on Thursday 5 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

So we are now in an era when the Supreme Court — driven by religious reactionaries — is *taking away* rights rather than ensuring they apply to all people. What’s next? as many are asking. Right to marry? To segregate? … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Bad Map Projections; Worldle; Banned Books

Posted on Wednesday 4 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

I’ve commented a few times about map projections, and how projections of the entire globe are invariably misleading in one way or another, because there’s no accurate way to map a spherical surface onto a flat map. Inevitably there are … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Making Prohibitions vs. Solving Problems

Posted on Tuesday 3 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Big news today is that a draft of a Supreme Court decision about abortion was leaked, by someone, and the draft indicates an intention to completely overturn Roe v. Wade. As everyone’s been expecting for some time now. The shock … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Creativity, Education, Reactionaries

Posted on Thursday 21 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Today, another counter-intuitive premise. Before reading the article, I reflect that most people admire celebrity artists, but wouldn’t want their child to try to be one. Other items follow.

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LQCs: Fox and CNN, War Against Teachers and Gays, Whether Information Will Out

Posted on Thursday 14 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

A few political links today.

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LQCs: Regression

Posted on Thursday 7 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

One has to wonder, why now? New York Times, front page 7 April 2022: The Growing Religious Fervor in the American Right: ‘This Is a Jesus Movement’, subtitled, “Rituals of Christian worship have become embedded in conservative rallies, as praise … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Hyperbole, Ridiculous Lies, and Anti-Liberalists

Posted on Monday 4 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

A few items from recent days.

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LQCs: How America Skews Far Right

Posted on Tuesday 29 March 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

First today, I am struck by this graphic reposted by David Gerrold and others on Facebook the other day. It has no provenance — I can’t tell who originally created it, nor what data might back it up — but … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Existential Problems

Posted on Wednesday 9 March 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

There are real, existential problems that humanity needs to worry about.

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L&Cs: The Limits of Human Intelligence; Disinformation and the Media

Posted on Tuesday 8 March 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Is there a limitation to human intelligence and understanding of reality, bound by our tendency to believe magical things for the sake of tribal unity? And how do people understand reality when governments seeking to maintain power are in control … Continue reading →

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