Category Archives: Tribalism

Shocked, Just Shocked

Posted on Tuesday 19 November 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

The broad trend, perhaps, is the discomfort of tribal human beings living in multicultural liberal democracies. How some people (who weren’t paying attention) are shocked that Trump is actually setting out to do what he promised to do; How Trump … Continue reading →

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The Christian Authoritarian Agenda

Posted on Thursday 10 October 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Long before Project 2025, Christian conservatives have had an agenda to impose their values on everyone; How some conservatives will call any evidence about the good economy fake news; How MAGA disinformation can be deadly, but Trump’s followers would rather … Continue reading →

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Reality v Tribal Solidarity

Posted on Thursday 26 September 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

How Fox News denies reality, because that’s what their fans want to hear; NYT on Trump and the condemnations by those who’ve known him; How Trump’s promise to round up immigrants echoes what Putin is doing; Adam Lee on historical … Continue reading →

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Media Bias, Against Biden

Posted on Sunday 7 July 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

More people are noticing the main stream media’s bias against Biden, while giving Trump a pass, since his interminable lying is old news: Robert Reich, Connie Willis, Heather Cox Richardson; With an aside graphic of the goals of Project 2025; … Continue reading →

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The Supposed God-Shaped Hole, and Others

Posted on Friday 5 July 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Via Jerry Coyne, a long piece at Quillette by Matt Johnson: Liberalism and the West’s ‘Crisis of Meaning’, subtitled “Many liberals are strangely eager to concede that liberal societies are morally and spiritually bankrupt without religion to give life meaning.” … Continue reading →

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The poorly educated and the “cognishly umpired”

Posted on Monday 15 April 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

A Tom Gauld cartoon illustrating tribalism — “Our Blessed Homeland” vs. “Their Barbarous Wastes”; Anti-woke teachers in public schools; Abrahm Lustgarten on the American climate migration (which applies to the wider world, of course); More from John Gartner about Trump’s … Continue reading →

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