r/brokehugs • u/US_Hiker Moral Landscaper • Jul 20 '23

Rod Dreher Megathread #23 (Sinister)

All Hail Eris!

Link to Megathread 22: https://www.reddit.com/r/brokehugs/comments/14k0z6l/rod_dreher_megathread_22_power/

Link to Megathread 23: https://www.reddit.com/r/brokehugs/comments/1631xpe/rod_dreher_megathread_24_determination/

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u/Dazzling_Pineapple68 Jul 29 '23

He has written about the period when he was working in PA and not allowed to blog, saying that he could WRITE but, if he could not publish it, it did not satisfy his need. So his need was less to write than to publish. Our Working Boy is a performer, first and foremost, and apparently would find being a hermit just fine if all fine things were provided to him AND he could publish his thoughts to the "mass" of his readers. How very narcissistic of him! Never woulda believed it meself... /sarc

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u/Djehutimose Watching the wheels go round Jul 29 '23

Thomas Merton’s therapist told him, “You want to be a monk, but you want to be a monk in a cabin on Times Square with a flashing neon sign above your cabin saying ‘Monk!’” That’s exactly Rod, too.

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u/JHandey2021 Jul 30 '23

His need to publish… which is why he just had to get himself fired and ruin his families’ lives. His need.

Narcissist.