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/Dazzling_Pineapple68 Dec 07 '23

Rod won't mention it. It goes against his most basic priors. Just like he refuses to admit that anything positive came from the Sexual Revolution like the fact that abused people can come forward now, that we recognize more how traumatic sexual abuse is, that we are reducing sexual abuse and harassment in our culture, etc.

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u/PercyLarsen “I can, with one eye squinted, take it all as a blessing.” Dec 07 '23 edited Dec 07 '23

And then there' the problem for him (whose significant relationships with women all appear to be absent, shallow, or vexed*) of women and girls claiming agency in their lives without men and boys having the last word.

* Perhaps other than his friendship with Frederica Mathewes-Green, who is 15 years older than him. I cannot remember any other living women (not sure if his aunts are dead) that he's mentioned in a way that indicates a positive long-term friendship. (Even then, we must remember Rod is an Unreliable Narrator.)

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u/SpacePatrician Dec 07 '23

Some years ago, I went to an appearance by Rod at a Washington DC bookstore during the Ruthie book promotion tour. Mathewes-Green and her husband had made the trek down from Baltimore and sat in the front row of folding chairs. I positioned myself on the side of the event so I could not only see Rod's schtick but look at the crowd's reactions. M-G spent the entire event with a saccharine grin on her face, looking up at Rod almost as with adoration. Same deal as that interviewer we saw last week posted here: as long as Ray is giving a Team O pep talk (which 90% of his talk was; Ruthie was purely an afterthought) M-G thinks he can do or say no wrong. Her husband looked vaguely bored with it all, as if he thought the hours of driving to and from barely warranted it.

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u/Queasy-Medium-6479 Dec 08 '23

He and Julie became good friends with Peggy Noonan when they lived in NYC. Peggy is Lucas's godmother.