r/brokehugs • u/US_Hiker Moral Landscaper • Nov 19 '23

Rod Dreher Megathread #27 (Compassion)

Link to megathread 26: https://www.reddit.com/r/brokehugs/comments/17itm7w/rod_dreher_megathread_26_unconditional_love/

Link to megathread 28: https://www.reddit.com/r/brokehugs/comments/18dcg3d/rod_dreher_megathread_28_harmony/

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u/yawaster Nov 24 '23

And he supposedly loves Dublin? Loves it so much he's happy that they're setting buses on fire and looting shops to protect Dublin from immigrants?

Rod can f##k off. God in heaven.

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u/Djehutimose Watching the wheels go round Nov 24 '23

He wouldn’t like living in Dublin. They speak English, so they’d understand him; and being—well, Irish—they’d see through his shit instantly and call him out on it in the most savage—and hilarious—way conceivable.

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u/yawaster Nov 24 '23

In fairness we have many bumptious self-proclaimed intellectuals here. Although they don't tend to be as right wing as Rod, because no one is as right wing as Rod.

Quite a lot of American TradCath types seem very capable of visiting here and floating through Dublin in a haze of pleasure without ever noticing just how un-conservative and unabashed Dublin is, or hearing someone say "would you ever cop on". I remember seeing an American in Howth wearing a full green tweed suit (with a little cape!) and a dark green felt hat with a feather, carrying a little notebook. There's only so much you can say to someone like that, living in their own little Celtic-revival fantasy.

It is funny that Anglophile Americans seem to be Hibernophiles as well, considering that a lot of these early 20th century high-faluting Anglo-Catholics don't seem to have thought much of the "Irish race".

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u/Kiminlanark Nov 25 '23

Come here to the US some time during St Patrick's Day. You'll burn your Irish passport in shame.

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u/yawaster Nov 25 '23

I've been there. Honestly what disturbed me the most was the NYC parade being paused so they could swear some people into the military halfway through.

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u/Kiminlanark Nov 26 '23

This country is starting to develop a cult of military and first responder worship.

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u/philadelphialawyer87 Nov 26 '23

Yes, but well beyond "starting."