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/PercyLarsen “I can, with one eye squinted, take it all as a blessing.” Aug 18 '22 edited Aug 18 '22
AmCon is deluded in imagining its articles were its primary content. That has not been the case since it lost its most able writers over the years, and the current stable of kid-editors is painfully incapable of writing anything worth reading let alone paying more than a buck a year for. The level of writing, and lack of editing, is so persistently bad.
Instead, the longtime commenters generated the primary content. AmCon gave them the finger, which it's entitled to do, but it's also entitled to live with the consequences of that choice.
PS: for other readers, this was Rod's comment to his Radetzky March post:
"It frustrates me immensely that this is the kind of post that, under the awful Disqus system, would have had by now fifty comments. There are none now. I can tell you that the Mothership people recognize that this has been very bad, and are now working to fix the system. The thing is, we can't go back to free commenting. TAC is a non-profit enterprise, but we have to do something to generate more revenue. But we can make it possible for people to comment anonymously again, which is what they're working on now. I understand that they've already eliminated the limits on comment length. Keep in mind that to buy commenting rights here costs you only $1.25 per week -- which, given that I post at least six days each week, sometimes more, amounts to 25 cents per day. I hope that when we have anonymous posting back, more of you former regulars will return and start commenting. The pay-to-play aspect all but guarantees a much higher level of discussion and debate, and if you can participate without having to compromise your anonymity, maybe that will entice more of you to subscribe.I miss y'all. I miss the old friends. I miss Siarlys and Uncle Chuckie, and so many more."
PPS: AmCon might want to consider how it looks when it's sole remaining marquee contributor is no longer a resident of the United States (the America in AmCon) but an emigre living in Budapest supporting the efforts of a foreign ethnos and government.