Kimball Call

Here’s my concern @JohnRWoodJr and I’d love to hear your thoughts. I represent a growing body of conservative students at BYU and across Utah who are increasingly frustrated that Utah conservatives seem more interested in advocating for “niceness,” “civility,” and “bipartisanship” instead of advocating for our values. Your work, whether you like it or not, makes me and my friends feel hamstrung because whenever we start to stand for what we believe in (especially things that have become controversial in the era of political correctness) we get lectured into silence by fellow conservatives who are more concerned with sounding nice than standing on principle. To them, controversy = contention. Which means we can’t say what we really believe, or else we are the problem. This is why so many of us are impatient with the Disagree Better and Braver Angels programs. In the wake of Charlie’s death, this impatience boiled over. I was there on the front lines. I had friends at the shooting and I helped organize some community vigils for Charlie in Provo. I even wrote an Op-Ed for the Deseret News. And I remember the feeling of deep depression that came over me when I realized UVU leadership and many other Utah leaders remained unwilling to stand up for Charlie the way he deserved. It felt as if everything the unity and bipartisanship organizations and UVU did in response was meant to further their own agendas, rather than pay tribute the actual conservative movement Charlie stood for. (For instance, the “Unity Vigil” which had almost no reference to Charlie or his life and values.) We saw this as supremely disrespectful to both us and the legacy of Charlie Kirk. And now this treatment of us—ignoring us, shaming us, lecturing us—has culminated in Sharon McMahon, a liberal who takes advantage of the idealistic rhetoric that bipartisan movements use to further a progressive agenda with low-information voters and a woman who openly slandered Charlie Kirk, being asked to be the commencement speaker in the very school year Charlie was murdered. And because of that, we’re furious. And we won’t be easily quieted by this thread. Your work to organize in the wake of Charlie’s death may have been well-intentioned, but we felt silenced, disrespected, and like our recently martyred hero was being weaponized against us. I hope your conviction for bipartisanship and reducing polarization will lead you to understand where we’re coming from, and why we still feel hurt, ignored, and hated.

@stackerco @nikiped1aV2 @DebuMusashi @JasminRappleye @stacker I’m still waiting for you to confirm that you know the difference between a website footer and a podcast. I’ve noticed you dodging it whenever someone brings it up.

@nikiped1aV2 @DebuMusashi @KimballCall @JasminRappleye Long history of lying? Because he has a lot of critical podcasts?

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has officially filed a lawsuit against the exmormon podcast Mormon Stories hosted by John Dehlin. This is the "unreasonable" demand that led to John Dehlin to walk away from mediation, and led the Church to finally pull the trigger

This is what peacemaking looks like: Not the self-righteousness of Sharon McMahon.

@KimballCall She has said zero slander against Kirk. Way worse things should be said about that grifting racist podcaster

Sharon McMahon is playing the victim card. She has not apologized for her slander about Charlie Kirk. Color me skeptical.

Jeremy Boreing Asked Me about The Church of Jesus Christ's Name Change

When I was at the Cougar Chronicle @TheCougChron we had BYU's lawyers reach out to us about copyright. We met with one of them and some other officials, chatted it out for two hours, made some changes, and didn't have any other problems. Honestly, we briefly considered not cooperating. It's usually pretty good optics to be seen as a David taking on a Goliath, but we decided we wanted a good relationship with BYU. Looks like John took another approach.

@surskitmaxxing @Faustzme We have better things to do than make derivative reaction content out of obnoxious slop like Mormon stories

@Faustzme @KimballCall It's one of the best comprehensive resources on Mormon truth claims You'd think they've haved stripmined it for endless reaction content if they had legitimate rebuttals to most of his points

To me, that reveals the true purpose of the podcast. To confuse and mislead.

@stackerco is being intentionally obtuse and pretending to not know the difference between a podcast and a website footer. Then he claims the big scary Church is oppressing people. He knows fully well this is silly, but he’s sensationalizing. I’m not sure why.

@stackerco @DebuMusashi @JasminRappleye You’re posting this like it’s your ace card, when really you’re just missing the point. Nobody is the victim here. Particularly not you or anyone on the podcast. They had a fair compromise and didn’t take it. Now they face the consequences.

@KimballCall @DebuMusashi @JasminRappleye Like this?

@stackerco You’re blowing this way out of proportion. This isn’t the Spanish Inquisition.

The most alarming thing here is not the lawsuit from the church but the comments. It’s wild to see ordinary members in the comments instantly defend a $300B institution trying to legally pressure a 21-year-old podcast over the word “Mormon.” A word the church itself aggressively distanced itself from and removed from every single brand asset. Nobody seriously thinks Mormon Stories is an official church production. But once the institution says, “This is about protecting the Church,” the reflex and groupthink kicks in: *Defend the Party. *Attack the dissenter. *Treat criticism as persecution. *Pretend obvious control is just “brand protection.” That’s the real story here. And it fits with the church’s message as of late: Loyalty, obedience, and endure to the end.

@DebuMusashi @stackerco @JasminRappleye As a faithful member, I know members who get confused by it all the time. All they had to do was put a disclaimer at the beginning of the show. Pretty simple. People are just playing the victim card, as is typical.

As a faithful member, this is not a good look for the church. Its pretty obviously an attempt to silence opposing views. You cannot claim the word “Mormon” while actively rejecting it. Mormon stories has a disclaimer, and the argument “rebranding can be fun” is absurd. No one but absolute morons are mistaking his podcast for a church production especially since they have removed “Mormon” from all church produced entities.

@defense_of_fam @LDS_Dems 100%

@LDS_Dems I understand what you’re saying but I also strongly believe that this is not merely a public policy battle. It’s a spiritual one, and if we want God’s blessing and forgiveness, we can’t continue to call the destruction of innocent children a human right.

Abortions have slightly increased since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. This is a favorite talking point of the pro-abortion crowd, and they use it to try and convince pro-lifers that it should be reinstated. Here’s why I don’t buy that argument… Nationally declaring that women have a constitutional right to abortion is deeply wrong. Roe v. Wade was a grotesque moral stain on our country. Overturning it says that we as a nation are repenting, even if states and individuals do not. I hope and pray that people will change their ways, but I believe this was a necessary step in rededicating our nation to God.

@DanPBingham Do they say it in every episode?

@KimballCall Except the statement is already there. They have clearly distinguished this for years.

@m3po22 @Deseret @BrighamTomco 2007-2026 vs 2013-2025 are pretty comparable

@KimballCall @Deseret @BrighamTomco Different time span

American members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stood out as the only religious group besides atheists that shifted toward greater Democratic Party self-identification. | By @BrighamTomco deseret.com/politics/2026/…

@naturalaristo Maybe not:

Gay.

Remember in like 2018 when Donald Trump was posting that he had a “bigger and more powerful” nuclear button than Kim Jong Un’s, and we all were told nuclear war was coming? And then like three weeks later, he became the first president to ever step foot in North Korea and met Kim Jong Un in person. And since then, North Korea’s been out of the news and completely forgotten about. When will we stop and realize that Donald Trump isn’t the single cause of contention on planet earth, and is, in fact, a powerful force for world peace?

@wilksopinion Thanks Wilk. Some of my conservative colleagues are very lost and misguided. But many of us return respect with respect. Thanks for taking the high road.

In the book of Exodus, the Third Commandment: “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who takes his name in vain.” This is often misinterpreted as carelessly using God's name, but it is much more than that. Saying "God" in a careless way really has nothing to do with it. Perpetrating 'EVIL' in God's name is the accurate interpretation. In recent days, many, claiming to be Christians, have equated me to, or outright stated that I am a demon, wishing harm upon me & others that I love, stating the work I'm doing is "evil", while proclaiming I will face "God's wrath". The country I love is under attack, from forces both outside and within. Far too many don't understand the enemy so tie together partial truths, misinterpret what they believe to be 'receipts' & weave a web of conspiratorial ugliness and guilt by association in effort to malign people and organizations they truly know nothing about in real practice. The real enemy does not reside in one 'side' or the other. The enemy is the disease, and the disease is 'US vs THEM' tribalism, aka toxic polarization. It is the one problem that ensures all other problems don't get solved. When you see the 'other side' as the enemy, and can freely dehumanize them as monsters, demons, etc., it gives you pass to dismiss all they say and believe every horrible said about and characterization of them. It is a blinder that prevents us from seeing the truth. Yes, I said "us" because I have been there. I spent many years in this very same hole. Ultimately though, here is what I found: You will never see so clearly as when you remove the blinders of 'US vs THEM' tribalism. I am a man who's made more than my share of mistakes. I speak of my fallibility constantly, and publicly. Most importantly I have learned from my mistakes and use that newfound wisdom to help others do the same. I will face judgement one day, but never for committing evil in the name of the Lord. I cannot say as much for many of the commentors I've seen in recent days. I will pray for them. I am a sinner I am a Christian I am a Husband I am a Father I am a US Navy veteran I am a Patriot I am a @braverangels Abraham Lincoln, in the darkest hour this country has ever faced, stood before a divided nation and said, “With malice toward none, with charity for all.” This is how I chose to move forward. I hope you will join me. @JohnRWoodJr @doll_elizabeth @LisaWells

“Peacemaking was attempted” Yes it was, but winning the lawsuit handily in the due process of law is also a form of peacemaking. Peace through strength. Even the Church is willing to exert dominance to protect principle when negotiations fail.

I’m listening to @conservmillen’s debate with David French, and I am struck by hearing him decry Trump as a man who is “vicious and just cruel to his political opponents” and attributing a cultural decline in empathy to Trump as though he had never heard of the unprecedented levels of slander, deceit, corruption, and weaponization of the justice system that Democrat leaders have leveraged against Trump and his family for years simply to maintain political power. Once again, we see the “mean tweet” hypocrisy, where professing Christians like French can be perfectly comfortable with extreme evil just as long as those committing it put on a show of outward decorum to prevent them the discomfort of feeling icky.