{"id":22915,"date":"2024-10-08T19:20:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T02:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/?p=22915"},"modified":"2024-10-17T17:47:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T00:47:30","slug":"a-conservative-baseline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/2024\/10\/08\/a-conservative-baseline\/","title":{"rendered":"For Certain Values of Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As one terrible Hurricane just passed through Florida and devastated North Carolina, and another potentially worse one is lining up to hit Florida&#8217;s Gulf Coast, here are some further reminders of conservatives&#8217; views of climate change and other matters.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a convenient baseline. Vivek Ramaswamy has a new book out called, modestly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Truths-Future-America-Vivek-Ramaswamy\/dp\/1668078430\/\"><b>Truths: The Future of America First<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Truths-Future-America-Vivek-Ramaswamy\/dp\/1668078430\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71wyLqCorxL._SL1500_.jpg\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can click the link and preview the book to see the table of contents, and some of the text. First chapter: &#8220;God Is Real.&#8221; (Which one? No point in asking.) &#8220;The Climate Change Agenda Is a Hoax.&#8221; (Is he quibbling with the word &#8216;agenda&#8217;?) And so on. The reader reviews extol him for providing all the answers! In simple language! Easy to read!<\/p>\n<p>There are no reviews from reputable sources.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s move on.<\/p>\n<p>\\\\\\<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Meanwhile, in the real world&#8230;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/gettyimages-2177178182.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=4.7525722684958%2C0%2C90.494855463008%2C100&amp;w=750\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vox, Li Zhou, 8 Oct 2024<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/376982\/trump-hurricane-helene-fema-lies-debunked\">Donald Trump\u2019s many, many lies about Hurricane Helene, debunked<\/a>, subtitled &#8220;Rampant disinformation is getting in the way of disaster response.&#8221;Does Donald Trump lie because he&#8217;s mendacious, that he does it deliberately because he knows he can get a way with, that he can shape the reality of followers who nothing about anything except what he tells them? Or because he&#8217;s incompetent, and simple-minded, and truly doesn&#8217;t understand more than superficial takes on these issues? Pick one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/R4RydRl6N1mxEeVftrzebnMqL9k=\/0x417:4000x2667\/1920x1080\/2024\/10\/08\/1728406747136.jpg?w=1920\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Axios, 8 Oct 2024<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/10\/08\/fema-hurricane-milton-helene-disinformation\">FEMA chief issues dire warning on hurricane disinformation<\/a> FEMA officials are desperate for Trump to shut up; he&#8217;s making their job worse, and endangering the lives who believe his lies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joemygod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MattSchlapp2024-644x330.png\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is rich. <strong>JMG, 8 Oct 2024<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joemygod.com\/2024\/10\/schlapp-milton-is-gods-attempt-to-get-our-attention\/\">Schlapp: Milton Is God\u2019s Attempt To Get Our Attention<\/a>. As if decades of data about the changing climate might not have been God trying to get our attention to, you know, stop polluting the planet? MeidasTouch Network editor <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ron_Filipkowski\">Ron Filipkowski<\/a> comments:<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>They have been saying for years that climate change is hoax, so now they are offering up a series of alternative explanations to their dumbed-down anti-science followers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/83ed73c4-34b2-4beb-a9b0-b86080b88fb4.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1280\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Slate, Scott Nover, 8 Oct 2024<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2024\/10\/charlie-kirk-elon-musk-hurricane-helene-fema-misinformation-x-twitter.html\">The Far Right\u2019s Newest, Dumbest Trick to Spread Misinformation on X<\/a>, subtitled &#8220;When a guy you know texts you, it has to be real.&#8221;<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>This tweet format has become conspicuously popular on the redpilled internet. The formula is simple: 1) Post a screenshot of a supposedly genuine text message, 2) express outrage, 3) ask if it\u2019s true without really caring whether it is, and 4) do no further investigation into the matter. It\u2019s a newfangled incarnation of a classic, the chain email. Pass it along or else no one will know the \u201ctruth.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sort of like, &#8220;Just asking questions&#8230;&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As one terrible Hurricane just passed through Florida and devastated North Carolina, and another potentially worse one is lining up to hit Florida&#8217;s Gulf Coast, here are some further reminders of conservatives&#8217; views of climate change and other matters. 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