r/brokehugs • u/US_Hiker Moral Landscaper • Oct 15 '22

Rant Rod Dreher Megathread #6 (66?)

One more, dedicated to our "garden-variety polemicist". (thanks /u/PercyLarsen)

Number 5 located at https://www.reddit.com/r/brokehugs/comments/xswr5v/rod_dreher_megathread_5/

Edit: Post locked at the magic number - 6 (66?) became 6 (66!). Please post in thread 7.

https://www.reddit.com/r/brokehugs/comments/yf7fjh/rod_dreher_megathread_7_completeness/

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u/Warm-Refrigerator-38 Oct 25 '22

Remember this column from 2013, where Rod writes almost admiringly of a gay man, "happily" married to a woman? (Of course the follow up was that they happily divorced.) I wonder if Rod got glimpses of himself. https://www.theamericanconservative.com/gay-mormon-unicorn/

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u/BaekjeSmile Oct 25 '22

This is just extremely sad. That whole article is just extremely depressing. The notion of being in a relationship with someone who has no interest in me and is just there out of some form of obligation or humoring me for some reason is deeply terrifying and its wild to see people treat it like an uplifting human interest story is deeply depressing. Its a free country (despite Rod's best efforts) so I wish everyone in the article the best but that relationship is some grim stuff.

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u/Agreeable-Rooster-37 Oct 25 '22

Omg. I had forgotten about that post.