December 14, 2025
Mark Kelly: unworthy of respect
By Mike McDaniel
Among the first things I taught my new students at the beginning of every new school year was the difference between deference and respect. One defers to others because of their position of authority, regardless of whether they are honest, honorable, decent and capable. Respect, however, must be earned every day. We defer to others because of their positions and to a lesser degree, their accomplishments. We respect others because of who they are, because they’ve proved themselves worthy of our respect regardless of their positions of authority.
In the military, you defer to rank, but you respect those who don’t trade on it, or who don't fling their accomplishments in your face. If you’re good, everyone knows it. If you’re compelled to brag, all you’ll get is deference, and cold deference at that.
I speak of Senator Mark Kelly of the Seditious Six.
Their video encouraging service members to disobey orders under the guise of disobeying “unlawful” orders, none of which they could identify, was part of a plot not only to damage the Commander in Chief and our military, but to encourage a military coup. They willingly followed in the footsteps of General Mark Milley, who told his Chinese counterpart he’d warn him in advance of any US military move against China.
Stung when they couldn’t come up with a single illegal order by Trump or SecWar Pete Hegseth, the Seditious Six hatched the “you can’t shoot narco-terrorists again if you miss the first time or it’s a war crime” hoax. When that blew up in their faces, Sen. Mark Warner took the next step and actively encouraged a military coup:
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