Search Results for: gish gallop

The Debate, Politics, and Science

Posted on 12 September 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

How Kamala Harris defended fracking and did not properly address climate change; How nothing about science came up in the debate; Short items: How MAGA will fall for anything; how Trumps confessed he’s unprepared; how the GOP has become the … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Evolution, Lunacy, Politics | Comments Off on The Debate, Politics, and Science

Cheating and Lying

Posted on 7 September 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

To me, all of these undermine the Conservative project as a legitimate intellectual discourse. How new local news sources are not what they appear to be; Epoch Times; my rule of thumb about reliable news sources; How the Heritage Foundation … Continue reading →

Posted in conservatives, Human Nature, Politics | Comments Off on Cheating and Lying

Friends and Neighbors, Conformity vs. Liberty

Posted on 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 →

Posted in Conservative Resistance, conservatives, Culture, Politics, Religion | Comments Off on Friends and Neighbors, Conformity vs. Liberty

More About Misinformation, Disinformation, and Conspiracy Theories

Posted on 5 September 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

These subjects aren’t going away, because so many people are as gullible as ever — understood as inevitable human nature. This may imply a cap on the potential of the human race, in terms of its ability to engage with … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Psychology | Leave a comment

Debates, the Political Divide, and Savannah Morality

Posted on 20 July 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Again, why debating is performance art and not about arriving at truth; How the political divide is mostly about hatred on the right toward the left; How all of this makes sense given understanding of basic human nature, the “Savannah” … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative Resistance, Morality, Politics | Leave a comment

Arguing Styles, Debates, and Winning vs. Being Right

Posted on 14 April 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

I’ve mentioned the book RESPONDING TO THE RIGHT by Nathan J. Robinson a couple times before, and today I want to summarize the gist of the book.

Posted in Conservative Resistance, Politics, Psychology | Leave a comment

Mehdi Hasan on Arguing

Posted on 2 March 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Two interviews with and a book by Mehdi Hasan, about how to argue, and win arguments, using emotional connections over facts and figures, critical thinking skills, with the difficulty in conducting “good-faith” arguments with the right. How some victims of … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative Resistance, Culture | Leave a comment