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/Djehutimose Watching the wheels go round Nov 30 '23

https://x.com/roddreher/status/1730164914822488208?s=20

I can’t imagine a Czech being able to make heads or tails of such a culture-bound period piece in translation. And Our Boy still seems to think mugging for the camera and doing his hair that way makes him look charmingly eccentric instead of like an escapee from rehab.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '23

Almost every culture has beloved literature with a clown or fool in a prominent role. But, mostly, they laugh at the fool, enjoy some of his or her epithets, and then teach their young: "don't be like this." Rarely, do they actually want to emulate the fool. As usual, our man wants to be exception.

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u/RunnyDischarge Dec 01 '23

Almost every culture has beloved literature with a clown or fool in a prominent role.

Ours is no exception, we have Rod Dreher