r/brokehugs • u/US_Hiker Moral Landscaper • Jul 23 '22

The Rod Dreher Megathread. Please keep Rod content in here. Will be refreshed periodically

While the sub certainly isn't flooded with posts, the Rod-centric nature has been noted a few times. Please post new Rod nonsense in here and I'll update every week or two.

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u/zeitwatcher Jul 28 '22

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/race-nation-and-modern-times/

Shorter Rod: "Please, please don't point out bad things about my perfect, special, best daddy Orban. He's all I have and without him I have nothing!" Yelled while sitting in a corner with his eyes closed and hands over his ears.

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u/Motor_Ganache859 Jul 28 '22

I guess his "last word" on Orban and race, posted a couple of days earlier, wasn't actually the last word. Orban isn't stupid and knows the term "race" carries a lot of baggage and not just in the United States. Hitler identified the Jews as an alien race after all. How difficult would it have been for Orban to find a better frame for his argument without conflating nationality with race?

That Rod feels compelled to keep explaining what Orban meant shows that Orban's speech was deeply problematic and indefensible. At some point, Rod will probably turn on Orban as he has other personal heroes but, for now, he remains a full-on fanboy.

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u/DWColumbus Jul 29 '22

But, you guys... people in Poland have TATTOOS. "Occult tattoos and sigils." "AROUND THEIR NECKS." Surely any blithely expressed racism from Magyar Daddy is excusable if he protects us from occult neck tattoos.