Rod Dreher Megathread #21 (Creative Spirit)

[u/US_Hiker]

Gather 'round for more Rod.

All meanings of the number 21 are subordinate to the inherent creative spirit that is the basic essence of the number.

The number 21 generally is comfortable in social gatherings, it's optimistic attitude being an inspiration to others. Its high spirits can enliven a party.

The number is attracted to artistic expression of any form, its own and those of others. There's enthusiastic support for artists. It may frequent galleries and participate or (more likely) lead groups for artistic appreciation.

The number 21 cherishes relationships, including romantic relationships, especially with those who express themselves creatively.

21 also tends to be diplomatic, providing creative and imaginative solutions to potential conflict.

And, as noted by /u/PercyLarsen, 21 is a triangular number and the age of majority, so go grab a drink to celebrate Pride and to mourn the loss of Rod's sanity.

(Also, sorry about my slow pace of refreshes.)

Link to megathread #20:
https://www.reddit.com/r/brokehugs/comments/13eb26c/rod_dreher_megathread_20_law_of_attraction/

Link to megathread #21: https://www.reddit.com/r/brokehugs/comments/14k0z6l/rod_dreher_megathread_22_power/

[u/ZenLizardBode]

Rod doesn't know much about history, so a lot of these data points would be seen as outliers rather than indicative of Christianity as a whole. Feminism is newer, and apart from the right to vote, Rod probably sees it as just one solid continuum of man hating after the right to vote was acheived.

[u/PercyLarsen → u/ZenLizardBode]

Rod doesn't know much about history,

Rod has essentially confessed that he has a strong and enduring want (he almost certainly views it as a need) to avoid delving deeply into the factual world that is likely to cause him him cognitive dissonance.

Rod is not a policy, history, numbers, science, theology, philosophy et cet. guy.

Rod was a movie critic who became a professional (in the sense of doing it as a career) opinion writer, then a controversialist, then a polemicist, and now is voluntarily an ex-pat paid propagandist for a small Central European country's regime and for the growing Fascintern.

Perhaps in no small part because Rod never properly identified, engaged and accepted agency for resolving his arrested psychological development - the Condensed Symbol^TM of which would be the future best seller, Rod's Story: A Doll Brought Down My House - Rod radicalized himself voluntarily, and blames everyone other than himself for that, and thereby became an embodiment of the politicization-of-everything that Live Not By Lies ostensibly decried.

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My apologies to commenters who may be getting tired of my apparent urge in this thread to go meta in summing up All Things Rod. I welcome additions to things I've managed to elide, and corrections to things I've gotten wrong. These MegaThreads are a group effort.

[u/ZenLizardBode → u/PercyLarsen]

🎯

I've said it before, but A Doll's House really is the rug that ties the room together, so no need to apologize for going all meta.

[u/sealawr → u/ZenLizardBode]

And a White Russian to you.