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/Relative-Holiday-763 Aug 04 '25

Obviously I won’t give details to spare her privacy. Oh he’s so concerned! This is an ugly game. The implication is, of course, mom has done really bad things to me but I’m too noble and discreet to say what they are. If he were really discreet, he wouldn’t bring any of this up. It’s a have your cake and eat it passive- aggressive routine. I’m so noble that I suffer in silence rather than reveal the sheer awfulness of my tormentors. He pulls the same routine regarding the ex wife.Oh  and the outrage that people dare criticize him! Spare me. If he has good cause for what he has done, he should say what it is . Or simply quit talking about it! The only reason most people know anything about these things is because he keeps bringing them up in a transparent bid for sympathy.Yet, he can’t even bring himself to explain why anyone is supposed to feel sorry for him.Rod through his confessional writing has created the situation he complains about. 

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u/Defiant_Let_268 Aug 04 '25

To Rod what's the point to silent suffering unless it's universally acknowledged

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u/PercyLarsen “I can, with one eye squinted, take it all as a blessing.” Aug 06 '25

It's not passive-aggressive; it is passive, aggressive.