Despite his proclivity for sparking controversy, Kirk’s real interest lies in changing his followers’ behavior. //

Kirk said he hopes his calls for young adults to lead a more meaningful life will actually result in them spending less time on social media. He has cautioned his young fans against becoming enamored by “deep-internet theories” taking the form of white supremacy, misogyny and antisemitism.

In recent Q&As Kirk has condemned those who “want to point and blame Jews for all their problems,” which he characterized as “hyper-online brain rot” that is becoming increasingly common, especially among “young white men.”

Kirk’s antidote is to channel young people’s frustration “toward the transcendent” instead of “tearing everything down.” More often than not transgressive conspiracies directly contradict scripture, according to Kirk.

In the face of “women-hating,” for example, Kirk reminds listeners that the New Testament teaches men to love their wife like Christ loved the church. Kirk is confident that much of the internet’s fringe rightwing commentary “can be easily debunked or dismissed.” But he feels a personal responsibility to provide a positive alternative.

“My job every single day is actively trying to stop a revolution,” Kirk said. “This is where you have to try to point them toward ultimate purposes and toward getting back to the church, getting back to faith, getting married, having children. That is the type of conservatism that I represent, and I’m trying to paint a picture of virtue, of lifting people up, not just staying angry.” //

However, Kirk has given his opponents plenty to react to, from calling Martin Luther King Jr. an awful person, to arguing that while ending segregation was good the Civil Rights Act was a mistake, to telling young women to prioritize starting a family over their careers and questioning whether certain Muslim elected officials are real Americans. //

Increasingly Kirk, who identifies as an evangelical Christian, has described his project in spiritual terms — using technology and talking-points to trigger a cultural Great Awakening. But the next American revival won’t happen on TikTok, and it won’t be spurred by political triumphs alone, Kirk says. It will show up in rising church attendance, marriage rates and childbirths.

Even without the influence of groups like 764, sowing chaos appears to be occurring on a daily basis through the insidious influence of actors manipulating bytes and bots — all to destroy our children. How do you bring down a society? You destroy its young: mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. The transgender cult has been in collusion for years to destroy them through mutilating their bodies and minds. Now, we have all forms of nefarious individuals undermining them through screens. The destruction of identity and purpose is the main goal. //

Shortly before his murder, Charlie Kirk had an apt response on why a foundation of religion is a major factor in saving Western civilization.

You have to try to point them toward ultimate purposes and toward getting back to the church, getting back to faith, getting married, having children. That is the type of conservatism that I represent, and I'm trying to paint a picture of virtue, of lifting people up, not just staying angry.

Charlie Kirk ably represented this, and it is part of the reason why he was murdered. So, we must rise and be like Charlie. Wise people are recognizing this and acting accordingly. With groups like 764 and adversarial threats seemingly on every side, we need God's hand and God's help more than ever before.

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@VP get's emotional talking about the kind of Husband and Father Charlie Kirk was.

He is going to honor Charlie by being the "best husband he can be."

"The best way that I can honor my dear friend, is to...be the kind of husband to my wife that he was to his." 🙏

4:37 PM · Sep 15, 2025. //

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Charlie Kirk said The MOST important thing you could do, if you’re a young man, is to become a husband & father.

"He talked about the joy that came from fatherhood, the joy that came from raising a family and being part of their growth."

Charlie Kirk was a very wise man.

4:39 PM · Sep 15, 2025

RedState reported Saturday that Turning Point USA had seen an unbelievable 18,000 new requests for chapters following the heinous assassination of TPUSA co-founder and CEO Charlie Kirk on Wednesday.

They’ve awoken a sleeping giant: //

But if you think that’s the end of the story, no—it's just the beginning. That already humongous number has now soared to over 32,000 as of this writing. //

"To put that in perspective, TPUSA currently has 900 official college chapters and around 1,200 high school chapters... //

"Charlie's vision to have a Club America chapter (our high school brand) in every high school in America (around 23,000) will come true much, much faster than he could have ever possibly imagined," Kolvet added, calling the response to expand Kirk's mission "truly incredible."

In a separate post, Kolvet wrote, "This is the Turning Point."

let’s look at a reality that many on the Left do not want to acknowledge. It has been reported that the Democrats are struggling mightily with male voters. But there is another significant demographic that portends trouble for that party, one that is not nearly as widely reported on nor recognized. The young and emerging voter base has been trending rightward, with a strong current.

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Young men are now a Republican demographic.

Young women have also shifted Rightwards.

Charlie Kirk played a big part in making this happen. RIP to the Godfather of Youth Conservatism 🙏
5:55 AM · Sep 11, 2025. //

One social media post from a father delivers some insight. A businessman named Kyle Matthews had a post on an anecdotal occurrence he witnessed involving his son. While he admits to being largely unaware of Charlie Kirk and his positions, he noted that the day after the assassination, his son was wearing a suit and tie to school. He was then informed that many students were doing so out of respect for what transpired.

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Last night my oldest son said to me “Dad, me and all my friends are going to wear a coat & tie to school tomorrow.”

At drop off today I realized the entire school was doing it, when effectively every student was wearing a coat and tie.

What I found remarkable was they wore a Show more
1:01 PM · Sep 11, 2025.

Charlie Kirk showed these youths that they are not toxic and can exist as their own. He empowered them, and this became the attraction.

Now, when shown that the alternative is a faction that does not traffic in the arena of ideas, instead falling back on accusations and labels, and can resort to violence instead of convincing people with grounded policy, these kids will become voters lost for some time. They can matriculate into a college environment pre-armed with facts and confidence, able to beat back the indoctrination so prevalent in those universities, and do so on campuses where Charlie Kirk has made conservatism far more tolerated than seen just a decade ago.

What the left is unaware of is that this grievous murder of a prominent voice on the right will stiffen the resolve of a new class of students rising through the ranks. Seeing their guiding voice eliminated due to intolerance will expose so much of the messaging they are assaulted by, and they will have a dawning on what they are facing.

They miss out on something larger emerging. The Left might see this as a successful elimination of an opponent, but it has exposed the hollow nature of their entire movement, and the next generation has now been made aware.

On September 5, 2016, Michael Anton wrote an essay that was seismic in its domestic effect.

It was “The Flight 93 Election.” Published under the nom de plume Publius Decius Mus (Anton was later revealed to be the author), it asserted that the election of Donald Trump was a national imperative. Not a guarantee of any sort. But a Hail Mary pass necessary if we had any hope of saving the nation:

“2016 is the Flight 93 election: charge the cockpit or you die. You may die anyway.

“You - or the leader of your party - may make it into the cockpit and not know how to fly or land the plane. There are no guarantees.

“Except one: if you don’t try, death is certain….

“One of the paradoxes - there are so many - of conservative thought over the last decade at least is the unwillingness even to entertain the possibility that America and the West are on a trajectory toward something very bad. //

I wish I knew Mr. Anton. Because I would love to discuss with him this IDENTICAL conservative cognitive dissonance on display right now with regard to Trump Trade. //

The Globalist trade status quo has been AWFUL for the United States. For many, MANY decades. DC has happily served as the world’s butcher. Slicing up the US and selling it by the pound to the rest of the world. Via multinational corporations with ZERO loyalty to the nation that made their beyond-avarice wealth possible.

Aren’t Conservatives supposed to be the patriotic ones? Anton’s Cognitive Dissonance Conservatives have spent these decades…defending this titanic US sellout. In defense of a fake “free trade” that exists only in their minds.

Simon then started running clips of "Gutfeld!," which hypocritical MSNBC apparently believes qualify as "insult conservatism." One example, which was said by Greg in a monologue:

"According to a new survey, nearly 10% of U.S. adults identify as LGBTQ. The other 90 percent identify as who gives a [expletive]."

Again, Gutfeld was unfazed:

What I meant to get at is that nobody cares. I actually have a very serious, I guess, philosophy about identity politics. I think it's a terrible thing to lead with. I am all for being an individual. And when you start talking about these characteristics that define you, it's actually not defining you at all. And you can see the misery on people's faces who kind of buy into identity politics.

Again, how true — with the best example being the "self-identity" focus of a so-called "transgender" whose "self-identity" is defined by a homogenous group.

After going back and forth about "racist" this and "racist" that, Gutfeld tried to explain his show to Simon — to no avail.

See, this is what's great, is I'm explaining - I have to explain this show to you, which is actually more entertaining to me than anything. It's like, I don't find this funny at all. That's the point. You need to get outside your bubble, Scott — and have some fun.

Ahh, and not to nitpick with Greg, but leftists are incapable of having fun while spewing bilge about President Donald Trump or anything conservative. As the late conservative political commentator Charles Krauthammer observed:

Conservatives think liberals are stupid, and liberals think conservatives are evil.

In the eyes of Greg Gutfeld, both sides should be able to "have fun" while disagreeing.

Unfortunately, the left disagrees. //

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Hilarious, "insult conservatism". The lib late night shows + SNL have been a non-stop hatefest on all things right of Teddy Kennedy for going on 25 years. //

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When Greg jokes about leftist lunacy, he's poking fun and getting laughs. If they are insulted, it is due to lack of intelligence.

In contrast, when the media(D) insults us with labels like "racist" "fascist" and "Nazi", they are doing it in hate and deliberately insulting us with the intent that it offends and angers us.

While the media(D) tactics continue to offend, they no longer anger, because they have been doing it for so long, that we have been desensitized. We just consider the source, and recognize that it is projection, therefore they are describing themselves, not us. //

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Old Scott nearly wet his diaper over that joke about Asians not being able to drive. Come on pal, lighten up.

I love jokes about white people!

Why are white prison gangs the scariest? Because they had a fair trial and still ended up in prison.

Why is it called white noise?
Because if it wasn’t white, it’d be called disturbing the peace.

Sure, white people can't say the "N word" but at least we can say things like, "Thanks for the warning, Officer" and, "Happy birthday, Dad."

Technology evolves and with it society evolves. It's been a tale as old as time, from the discovery of fire to the telegraph, humanity has changed alongside its discoveries and inventions. X opened up a completely new path for humanity that changed things radically and quickly. Many people are still catching up to these changes, as the shift hasn't been fully realized.

But a shift did happen, and the Democrats are behind on it, and because they're behind on it, you're now seeing an emperor with no clothes. They're nakedly lying in an attempt to manipulate you. You can now see their abuse of you in real time. They're exposed as the frauds they are, with no media protection available.

The new media is you. It's the citizenry. It's the people that don't run in elite circles. It's you and me.

And this is a fantastic development. Information should never be controlled by one overarching entity, as that will always lead to corruption. You can see just how corrupt things were right now as Democrats like AOC continue to operate in the old way.

But this is the new era. //

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AOC is one of the youngest members in congress, yet she still operates by the old ways of Democrat propagandizing.
Democrats (progressives, Marxists, communists, whichever) are not known for new ideas, only for the theft of new ideas and attempting to repackage old crap with a new label.

The 2025 Presidential Transition Project, better known as Project 2025, is the effort of a broad coalition of more than 100 conservative organizations working together to ensure a successful new presidential administration begins Jan. 20.

Project 2025, spearheaded by The Heritage Foundation, seeks to restore democracy, to loosen it from the grip of the political elites in Washington, D.C.

But the fiercest attackers of Project 2025 are lining up to protect the deep state. In recent months, the project has faced outlandish, hyperbolic attacks. //

Myth 1: Project 2025 is part of Donald Trump’s campaign.

Project 2025 was launched in spring 2022, before any major presidential candidate, including Donald Trump, announced he or she was running for office. //

Project 2025 is about people and policy. It isn’t advocating any particular candidate, but rather conservative ideals. Democrats and independents are welcome to its reform proposals as much as Republicans are.

The commonsense ideas in “Mandate for Leadership” transcend any one individual. They represent the solutions that millions of conservative and independent-minded Americans need after years of failed liberal leadership and bureaucratic bloat.

Myth 2: Project 2025 calls for a nationwide ban on abortion, in vitro fertilization, and contraception.

This claim is an outright lie. There are no calls for a nationwide ban on abortion or contraception anywhere in “Mandate for Leadership” or any other Project 2025 materials. In vitro fertilization isn’t even mentioned. //

Myth 3: Project 2025 endorses the “authoritarian” unitary executive theory.

Project 2025 doesn’t mention the unitary executive theory. Although many Americans throughout our history have debated the constitutional extent of executive authority, the Constitution makes it clear that the executive branch should be under control of the executive.

The Constitution also makes clear that the administrative state is not a fourth, unaccountable branch that may undermine the president and ignore congressional and judicial oversight—the situation America now faces.

The “authoritarian” and “unconstitutional” fearmongering is simply a projection. Many on the left have ignored constitutional rights, including those enumerated in the Bill of Rights, to pursue their political goals. //

Project 2025 would rein in rogue and authoritarian elements within the Justice Department, the Department of Homeland Security, and other parts of the U.S. government.

Myth 4: Project 2025 is the effort of a small group of elites to subvert and control the American people.

Project 2025, while organized by The Heritage Foundation, is the effort of over 100 conservative American organizations from across the broad spectrum of the Right.

Organizations associated with Project 2025 are united in their efforts to ensure a competent, conservative administration. //

Myth 5: Project 2025’s proposals to shrink the bureaucracy would harm Americans and are contrary to American values.

The Left claims that Project 2025 proposes to vastly shrink and in some senses “weaken” the government. On this point, the Left is correct.

However, those on the left are incorrect that these efforts would harm Americans. In fact, the efforts would make life much better.

As Ronald Reagan once said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” Many Americans agree.

The federal government is bloated and inefficient and has not been reformed in nearly 50 years.

Making it easier to fire obstructive, lazy, or incompetent civil servants would save Americans money and make the government run better. Removing and reorganizing redundant and obsolete offices would do the same.

The United States has a federal system, but the role of the states in governance has been increasingly coopted by the U.S. government’s bureaucracy. Winding down and eventually abolishing the Department of Education would ultimately be in the interest of Americans, increasing the quality of education. Reforming the FBI would protect Americans from the politically corrupt leadership that runs the agency today.

These are just a few of the ways in which Project 2025’s implementation would serve Americans. //

Finally, there’s nothing sinister about Project 2025. It is an open book. It works out in the light and respectfully engages American citizens rather than gaslight them. It’s all available to the public at https://www.project2025.org

And while the Left fearmongers about the project, coalition partners have received feedback from many Americans, the great silent majority, that the solutions offered by Project 2025 are exactly what this country needs.

On June 25, 2024, I wrote about tweets I saw from Gad Saad, “The West has committed the greatest self-immolation in human history”:

“When the leaders hate their civilization more than their enemies do, the civilization is doomed. Never before has history witnessed such a gargantuan self-inflicted death of a civilization that was an existential light in an otherwise world of historical darkness.”

Remember: War is coming to every corner in the West. It might take 5 days, 5 years, or 50 years but it’s coming. The West has committed the greatest self-immolation in human history. Save this post.

I just saw another series of tweets from an account Peachy Keenan along the same lines, but to me more personal:

You guys have no idea how painful it is to have been young during the absolute peak era of the greatest empire in human history and now be forced to watch it all unravel.

The saddest part is that we are doing it to ourselves.

Absolutely agonizing experience. Like watching the most beautiful person you know slowly mutilate themselves.

The reason everyone on Earth wants to move here is because if you squint your eyes, this country still basically “looks” the same, is still powerful, etc.

But we are running on the fumes of the past. //

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Conservatives love what we have. That why we want to conserve it. So we feel pain when we lose it.

Progressives hate what they have. That’s why they want to transform it. So they feel no sense of loss when what they have is destroyed.
6:12 PM · Aug 15, 2024 //

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GenX too, I agree but we are not doing it to ourselves. This is an orchestrated takedown of America and capitalist countries around the world. The communists made the long March through the institutions here and now they’re destroying the country from within. Everyone must vote
7:08 PM · Aug 15, 2024 //

rhhardin | August 17, 2024 at 10:34 pm
The cause is news as a profit center instead of a loss leader to contribute to the prestige of the network. As a profit center they found their 24/7 audience with Jessica in the Well, namely soap opera women. Instead of reading daily about Liz and Richard in the tabloid, they follow the news.

It’s an entertainment choice, and it’s calling itself news, which makes the audience feel even better.

Women prioritize feelings (hence soap opera’s attraction), and men prioritize structure (avoidance of perverse consequences). The Founding Fathers were structure guys, not feelings guys. The female end of the Supreme Court is feelings. (So guys are better at running big systems and women are better at small systems like neighborhoods and households. Stereotype is the too-strict father.)

Hence the collapse of everything through feminization. Amy Wax has a milder diagnosis – the rules of the nursery and kindergarten brought to the academy – but it goes deeper. Feelings attracts eyeballs of women and you can sell those eyeballs to advertisers. Democrats just supply soap opera in return for votes, in a sort of business arrangement with the media. //

jb4 in reply to rhhardin. | August 18, 2024 at 10:20 am
Interesting perspective. I fault the MSM far more directly and have considered them the primary danger for years. By aligning themselves with the Democratic Party and its values, they have abandoned what I regard as a major value of journalism and the media, to bring accountability to Society. IMO if the light of day had been shined on Biden and Harris, Biden’s incipient dementia in 2020 would have kept him from running and Harris’ obvious incompetence would have disqualified her. What this Society lacks is accountability, from the shoplifter in CA, to the Trans in women’s locker rooms and sports, to the politicians at the top. What is not “right”, really isn’t right. Period. No excuses. //

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Reading the comments I have to remind myself that the Fall happened in Paradise not outside of it.

No generation is spared the consequence of living in a fallen world. I doubt there has been a single time when some group of believers did not take the news of the day as proof the Apocalypse was at hand.

Are current events and societal changes accelerating the loss of paradise? Yep. Can it be slowed down? In patches, maybe. Overall, not a chance. Too many people yearn for that bone strewn path to Utopia. I know many will disagree but I believe we have left the battlefield and are now under siege. That means creating smaller worlds for yourself and your loved ones. It involves taking on a fortress mentality. While trying not to abandon charity, hope, and faith. That’s tricky.

I too grew up with more freedom. Some good, some bad. But at least I had the chance to learn the difference.

Today, twenty years ago, the lights were turned on at RedState.

When it started, it was anything but a commercial project. Four guys — Ben Domenech, Mike Krempasky, Josh Trevino, and one other who is no longer involved in politics — had the idea of trying to energize the online right toward activism in the same way that DailyKos was inspiring the anti-American left.

It is not enough for conservatives to win elections. If we are going to rescue the country from the grip of the radical Left, we need both a governing agenda and the right people in place, ready to carry this agenda out on Day One of the next conservative Administration.

This is the goal of the 2025 Presidential Transition Project. The project will build on four pillars that will, collectively, pave the way for an effective conservative Administration.

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Macron just announced that he will hold an election in July after his CRUSHING defeat tonight.

The election was supposed to be in 2027.

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The call for elections highlights the transforming politics in Europe as opinions are increasingly against the left. Macron is, not surprisingly unhappy, with that:

“The rise of nationalists and demagogues is a danger for our nation and for Europe,” Mr. Macron said. “After this day I cannot go on as though nothing has happened.”

The French leader has always been a passionate supporter of the 27-nation European Union, seeing in it the sole means for Europe to count in the world and calling on it to achieve “strategic autonomy” through ever greater integration. But the political winds have turned in favor of less Europe, not more. //

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The Progressive Left is being rejected.

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The results in both France and Belgium indicate a growing political move in Europe toward the right as economic issues, unfettered immigration, and other concerns are turning off voters: //

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Belgian Prime Minister appears to be on the verge of TEARS after his liberal party suffered a staggering defeat in the EU elections.

Alexander De Croo, who is vocally anti-Israel, RESIGNED after his party received just 5.8% of the votes.

6:04 PM · Jun 9, 2024 //

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Today is the start of a new era in Europe:

🇫🇷 France: National Rally wins a historic 31.5% of the EU vote, forcing Macron to dissolve the national parliament.

🇩🇪 Germany: AfD surges to become the 2nd largest party, liberal parties tank.

🇧🇪 Belgium: Prime Minister resigns after his crushing defeat against the right.

Italy: Meloni's Brother of Italy wins in a historic landslide

Austria: FPÖ doubles their seats and becomes the largest party in the nation.

Spain: Right beating the left by 10%.

Luxemburg: First ever seat for ADR.

I would only note it's not really "tit for tat" — it's about adhering to the law and applying it equally. //

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"I'm not talking about violence," she made clear. "I'm talking about tit for tat," she said.

I'd just be happy if the GOP just decides to fight like they're in an existential war for this country's soul and act accordingly.

That might mean something that resembles "tit for tat" but, more important than that is just playing to win rather than playing to let the Dems win.

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Indeed. Sticking to our principles has gotten us here. Its certainly not going to get us out or guarantee a place at the back of the line at the camps.

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Indeed. Sticking to our principles has gotten us here.

I'm pretty sure it's not principles we're sticking to that's gotten us here.I keep saying that there are two kinds, and definitions, of conservative, the ideological and the personality type.

We can't seem to grok that the personality type conservative sounds a lot like the ideological conservative but with the basic impetus of "Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change" and, because of that, they are NOT the same and, in fact, behave like RINOs.

It's not principles that are 'getting us here', it is being confused about which 'conservative' we're working with and wondering why people that 'tend to oppose change', you know, refuse to change the status quo that the left is clever enough to create for them so that they will 'refuse to act' to correct the ideological errors of the left's positions.

Again, content isn't bad, but if we're truly wanting to change hearts, then conservatives should focus more on the arts and not as much on the news and current events side. I think it's got that pretty well covered. //

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I think you are right Brandon. But, it's important to recognize an aspect of the problem that I believe flies under the radar.
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Much of the best work of the past, especially in film, books, and television, came through as "conservative" because the story mattered first. Any conservative "messaging" is usually an organic result of telling stories that reflect, in one way or another, relatable situations of human affairs contending with universal problems. Theoretically, a creator could use a "trans" activist as the protagonist, without preaching either a conservative or liberal message, and provide profound meaning to both conservatives and liberals with a great telling of the story.

The progressives of today are putting out crap. And conservatives are missing the point in art.

But I think this current dynamic is setting us up for conservatives to find their feet and start telling great stories again. People are hungering for it...they require it for their souls and mental health. And progressives are currently missing the mark by a long shot.

If Kirk were alive today, he would agree with those who are now critical of the neocons for having abandoned their conservatism in favor of an imperialistic and globalist ideology. //

We are told, repeatedly, to keep God and morality out of politics. Yet, as Eliot insisted, society is bound together by common religion and a common ethical outlook. Without the recovery of the ethics of kindness and compassion, rooted in the Christian God, Western society runs to its own destruction under “the cult of the colossal.” //

Kirk defines culture as customs and traditions that operate in society. Culture is the emotional and ethical wisdom that customs and traditions within society communicate. They principally communicate through art, music, literature (especially poetry), and spiritual practices that teach us emotional and ethical wisdom.

The conservative, then, is concerned with preserving the wisdom of relational love that has been passed down generationally and developed by great thinkers, great artists, and great writers. This understanding of conservatism is broad in scope and invites those of us who may otherwise not share in conservative politics to be included in its ranks. And as Kirk implies throughout, there really isn’t an ideology of conservatism precisely because conservatism is not ideological in its political construction. //

Kirk reminds readers who have not yet been indoctrinated into that ideology that democracy can be tyrannical too. There is nothing intrinsically noble about democracy — what makes a democracy noble is the virtuous citizens in a democracy.

Out of the ashes of democratic decline lay the possibility for democratic renewal with the recovery of that ethical, theological, and emotional wisdom to begin building again a humane society rooted in awe, wonder, and love. That is the struggle of the conservative in the 21st century.

“You’re visiting—you’re out of the country or out of town or you’re in a motel or at a bar in D.C.—and whatever you’re into—women or men or whatever—comes up and they’re very attractive, and they’re laughing at your jokes. And you’re buying them a drink. Next thing you know, you’re in the motel room with them naked,”

And the next thing, you're about to make a key vote an what happens? Some well-dressed person comes out and whispers in your ear, ‘Hey, man, there’s tapes out on you.’ Or, ‘Were you in a motel room or whatever with whoever?’ And then you’re like, ‘Uh-oh.’ And they say, ‘You really ought not be voting for this thing.’” //

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Rep. @TimBurchett broke the internet on The Benny Show for speaking out on it.

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And yes, there are enough very strange votes by conservatives that make you scratch your head, and Burchett provides a very easy-to-believe "unified field theory" to explain their actions. It also reminds us of the "Pence Rule." This rule, made famous by former vice president Mike Pence but used by sane men from time immemorial, says you don't have private dinners or meetings with members of the opposite sex...

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