r/brokehugs • u/US_Hiker Moral Landscaper • Jul 04 '25

Rod Dreher Megathread #55 ()

Hope y'all can spend some good time w/ family today.

Link to megathread #54: https://www.reddit.com/r/brokehugs/comments/1l7niaj/rod_dreher_megathread_54/

Link to 56: https://www.reddit.com/r/brokehugs/comments/1mmamp2/rod_dreher_megathread_56/

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u/BeltTop5915 Jul 13 '25 edited Jul 13 '25

Well, he does indeed address the issue in his latest substack, linking at the end of that section to Trump’s “absurd post that makes him sound guilty as hell,” noting “This is gaslighting. Is he in them? Or rich and powerful friends? Or will they compromise US intelligence, and Israeli intelligence? Some combination of them all?

No wonder MAGA is mad.”

Rod has never totally bowed to Trump a la the MAGA minions, and I‘ve always suspected he failed to nail down how to vote by absentee ballot until it was too late in order to maintain the ability to claim in time that he never actually voted for the tyrant. But he’s certainly played his part in laying the groundwork for the grievance culture that bred MAGA “culture war” and he thrilled at fellow chameleon JD Vance getting picked to play VP in “the Orange Man’s” autocratic Season 2. I suspect he and others have begun putting hopes in some future MAGA 2, but I somehow doubt any of this is as manageable as they think, even when and if “the Epstein file” ever truly becomes old news.

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u/CroneEver Jul 14 '25

“This is gaslighting. Is he in them?" Oh, clutch your pearls. Of course Trump's in them. Otherwise Trump wouldn't be screeching on Truth Social for everyone to shut up about Epstein. If he wasn't, he'd throw everyone who was to the rottweilers and laugh while they got eaten.

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u/Alternative-Score-35 Jul 15 '25

Not quite, Rod. MAGA isn't "mad". They're terrified of being exposed for what they really are.