Tribalism

“We live in a culture where we are relatively isolated, and it’s easy to create an online bubble around me of people who think like me. It’s not easy to intentionally move out of that bubble and to listen to viewpoints you disagree with. But I think now more than ever we need to do that.” - P&D

“They all share this common idea that in order to defeat the Left, conservatives must join forces with people like Carlson, Owens, Fuentes, and Tate. Conservatives who refuse to do so are accused of causing division.” - CPost

“In popular politics, people push Carl Schmitt because he helps them rationalize their tribal politics, especially through his ‘friend-enemy distinction,’ an idea that was elaborated most extensively in his 1932 book The Concept of the Political.” - L&L

“One party’s freedom of speech is another party’s disinformation and hate speech. Until it isn’t. Repeat.” - Acton

“It’s this lack of belief in the good, true, and beautiful that leads us down the paths of perpetual power struggle, to thirsting for nothing beyond the will to power, and to a dark abyss. We must not lose sight of that as we search for answers to what ails us.” - Dispatch Faith

“ ‘Well, you have to hand it to James Lindsey — he got us,’ Josh Abbotoy, co-founder of American Reformer, wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, referring to Lindsay’s hoax.” - RNS

“If we truly love our neighbors… how can we not work to shape the policies that affect our neighbor’s flourishing? And yet, there is a temptation in this age toward partisanship that goes beyond mere civic action, a totalizing approach that becomes less about stewarding citizenship and more about an all-encompassing social identity.” - Daniel Darling

“For cultural evangelicals, they reject one leg of the stool—the behavioral piece. For them, evangelicalism is primarily about tribal belonging (and perhaps some vague belief in the teachings of the Bible).” - Ryan Burge

“The permanent things don’t cease to be true merely because folks in our political tribe flout the commands of Jesus.” - Denny Burk

“The erosion of civility not only undermines the fabric of society but also weakens the nation’s ability to stand united in the face of external threats. It is a wake-up call to recognize that a house divided against itself cannot withstand threats from without.” - Providence