Rod Dreher
@roddreher
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Conservative, Orthodox Christian. ‘Benedict Option', 'Live Not By Lies', 'Living In Wonder.' Danube Institute, Euro Conservative, https://t.co/LCIoqQvjhH
Budapest, Hungary
Joined February 2011
Many months ago, I drank beer with my friend, in Munich, and asked if he thought there was any chance Trump would ask him to be his running mate. "Naw, man, I don't think about that," he said. Now he is going to be the next VPOTUS. God is good, and so is @JDVance
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Day 6 of Covid. Now my wife and kids have it too. All of us vaxxed; wife and I both boosted not long ago. Everybody we know who has omicron was vaxxed; most also boosted. So I gotta ask: what's the point of vaccine passports now? Security theater? Prepping social credit system?.
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In the end, Trump will force conservatives to decide if they love rule of law more than they hate liberals. I'm not confident in outcome.
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A guy friend who is a college professor (and a conservative, imagine that) says that he noticed a definite difference in the way most young men on his campus carried themselves day after the election. Something changed for them and in them, he said.
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A physician friend driving home tonight from a long, grueling day at nearly-overwhelmed hospital treating COVID19 patients, knowing it's going to get much worse for us all, saw lines of young people waiting to get in the bars in his city, writes, "I cannot believe the stupidity.".
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Drones over Parliament made a cross to end national celebrations. Hungary is a Christian country and is proud of it. May God bless and keep this amazing land and her people.
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True story: My 11 year old daughter made a snow girl, using dead leaves for tears. Me: "Why is she crying?" . Kid: "Because she knows she's going to die.". I'm not reading any more Russian Christmas stories to my children.
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You watch: all of this insane anti-Russian hatred — cancelling the Dostoevsky course, kicking Russian movies out of film festival, etc — is going to be mobilized & used against internal dissidents in the future. Hate the war, loathe Putin, but don’t hate Russian ppl or culture!.
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The image on the left is Budapest last night, on the Feast of St. Stephen. The image on the right is NYC 1956, on Easter. My friend James Card observes:."What was unthinkable in Hungary in 1956 is happening in 2023, and what happened in New York in 1956 is unthinkable in 2023."
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Ahmaud Arbery's murderers received justice this week, as Kyle Rittenhouse did last week. Jury system went two for two. God bless America.
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They are darkening the cathedral for a reason that has nothing to do with money.
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In the differences between Prince Philip and his Californicated grandson Harry, one can see the changes of a century — and a refutation of the myth of Progress.
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You are not allowed to say on Facebook that Jussie Smollett carried out a hate hoax.
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Thanks to two GOP appointees -- Roberts and Gorsuch -- churches and schools that discriminate against LGBTs stand at risk of losing tax-exempt status, per the Bob Jones ruling. Hard to overstate the magnitude of this loss for religious conservatives.
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Think of this pistol-packing hillbilly lady, Mamaw, and what she has given to our country in her grandson, @JDVance. She was deep America. She persisted. She raised him. She made him. And she changed history. Only in America, our beloved country, land of dreams! Crying now, with
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One of my kids is a stutterer. No matter how much courage you think Brayden Harrington's talk just now took, believe me, it's way more. God bless that kid, and God bless Joe Biden for giving him hope, and a chance to speak. [Retweeted this to fix typo].
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From a mass email the editor of National Geographic sent out. America surely has the most insufferable elite.
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Swedish academic told me last night that the political class has finally learned its lesson from foolish liberal migration policies, but that the clean-up, so to speak, will take generations. (Assimilation, etc).
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Still can’t get over how the Hungarians ended their annual national holiday celebrating the Feast of St Stephen, Hungary’s first Christian monarch, with drones making cross above Parliament. You’d never see that over US Capitol on July 4. I know why, but still. Go Hungary!
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Half an hour into @MattWalshBlog's terrific doc "What Is A Woman," and holy cow, he allows all these doctors, professors, and experts to make UTTER FOOLS of themselves. We are ruled by idiots who have no legitimate authority. It is past time for hard and unmerciful pushback.
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Maximo Alvarez, the Cuban refugee from Miami, is a fantastic spokesman for Trump. He's absolutely terrific. I'm near tears. "I may be Cuban-born, but I'm 100 percent American! This is the greatest country in the world."
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If the GOP had chosen Ron DeSantis, the party would be up over the Democratic nominee by double digits right now.
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I hear almost daily from people who tell me about some woke horror going on in their institutions, or circles, and who end by saying for God's sake don't ID me, or I could lose my job. It is NOT NORMAL to have to live like this! We have overnight created a sick, demented society.
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This is a lie. Friend’s son came back from Europe this morning. All they asked is if he had been in Italy. The president is spreading false information trying to calm Americans with soothing lies.
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Northwestern U. law school had a town hall meeting online recently. Everybody began w/ a ritual denunciation of themselves as racist. Reader: "Prof. Speta is not a racist. He is a wonderful man universally loved by students. It makes me sad that he is forced to say otherwise."
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In a car driving through Romania with Romanian friends. Played this for them. Said one, “This is exactly like the self-criticism sessions from the Communist era. We grew up with it. ‘Comrades, I promise to be more faithful to the Revolution.’”.
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Praying today at the tomb of that holy man of God, Benedict XVI Ratzinger.
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How the hell are they getting away with running as challengers, not incumbents?!.
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My God. It's all here. Francis knew about McCarrick. The former Vatican ambassador to the US spills all about the lavender mafia in the Vatican, and in the US hierarchy. It's a total massacre. How can Francis survive this?
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Friend grieving tonight because he can't convince his aging, unhealthy MAGA parents that the virus threat is real. They're about to get on a plane and head off to vacation. "I said my peace to them," he said. "What else could I do?".
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A photo I took of Roger Scruton's office in his Wiltshire farmhouse. This is one idea of heaven.
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Why does it fall to @MattWalshBlog and others to do the kind of professional journalism that the mainstream media refuse to do? Answer: because professional journalists act like stenographers to the Regime, seeing their jobs as affirming the Narrative.
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On the NYT Opinion front page now. Seven Kavanaugh-related columns, all negative on him. Look, I know it's a left paper, but don't editors feel a professional responsibility to show readers what half the country is thinking?
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Some are asking, "Which hospital?" I'll ask doc friend if I can say. Doc told me this wk that he believes most of their patients w/acute respiratory issues have COVID19, but they can't officially declare that, bec they can't test. Official numbers are vastly undercounting.
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After what happened to @MrAndyNgo today, and the violence he's been documenting, it seems that Antifa rules Portland with the same impunity that the KKK ruled Birmingham in the 1960s. Shame on you, Mayor @tedwheeler. Restore law and order to your city.
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Shout-outs to the prophetic voices of @MattWalshBlog, @libsoftiktok, @BillboardChris, @buttonslives, and @realchrisrufo for courage in standing up to this moral horror. They are not intimidated by these totalitarians. Why are so many of us? #LiveNotByLies
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This German hotel where I’m staying has no Bible in the room, but it does offer this.
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I do not understand why the loutish drunken behavior of a 17 year old high school boy has anything to tell us about the character of a 53 year old judge. By God’s grace (literally), I am not the same person I was at 17. This is a terrible standard to establish in public life.
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Man told me today his Czech tenant tells him it feels like Czechoslovakia 1946 now (two years before the communist putsch). Another man told me just now his Romania-born in-laws are terrified, for the same reason. People who grew up under communism know something bad is coming.
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What's awesome is how progressives are defending Harvard Law graduate Sarah Jeong's racism because she's "punching up." . A graduate of Harvard Law School. Punching up. My God, the left today is a demented, privileged joke.
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This is ridiculous. I don't like Trump's language either, but come on, those were not MAGA mobs attacking CNN:
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This is a profound moral wrong, and should not be forgotten.
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I think she's winning this. She comes across as normal , clear, and strong. Trump can't land a blow -- he is blustering and unfocused. Yeah, ABC's moderators are biased, but you can't blame them for Trump's vanity and lack of precision.
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The Boulder shooting suspect is Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa. We have no idea of motive yet. But I expect the same media who told us all last week to be very afraid of white Southern Baptist males is going to instruct us to ignore this guy's religion, and to blame it on white supremacy.
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I don’t at all mind ppl supporting Palestinians. It’s the open support for Hamas after what it did to over 1,000 defenseless Jews that I cannot fathom or tolerate. It’s straight-up Nazi behavior. If Christians had done something like this, I would be screaming my head off in.
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She’s right. If you don’t pay interns, the only ones who can get the experience are those from families wealthy enough to support them, thus perpetuating unjust inequality.
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Shame, shame on you, @ChickfilA. You are the 3rd most successful fast food franchise in the US. You had no reason to capitulate. But you did. Yes, shame on the progressive bullies too -- yet the greater shame is yours, Chick-fil-A, you cowards.
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Interesting to consider that Pope Francis thinks it's fine for the Chinese communist government to pick Catholic bishops, but won't let the US Catholic bishops set sex-abuse accountability standards for themselves.
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Peter Thiel says Wokeism has to be understood as akin to Wahhabism.
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This amazing woman might become the next leader of the Conservative Party soon, which is to say, the next Prime Minister of the UK. Think of it!.
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Met a Parisian woman who moved to Budapest recently. She sd it's wonderful to be able to walk down a city street, even at night, w/o being harassed, as she was every day there. "Muslim guys?" ."Women in hijabs too." .Like the men, she sd, they think French women are sluts who.
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Comment from a reader of my blog. I know the reader personally, and can tell you that what she testifies to here is true.
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Of course #IStandWithTuckerCarlson. He is fearless. One of his less appreciated virtues is this: nowhere else on television will you hear a ferocious critique of corporate excess *from the Right*.
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In Greece, a retired soccer star has been sentenced to 10 months in prison because of a social media post in which he called transgenderism an "abomination." Ten months!
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That was nice. I didn't vote for the guy, and I'm sure I will find a thousand things for which to oppose him. But I am grateful for a president who speaks like, and comes across as, a normal human being. It's been a while.
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A Catholic friend today is to undergo an exorcism at 3:30 Eastern. She has been through all the psychiatric diagnostics the Church requires. This is real. This is a horrifying situation, like something out of the movies. Her husband asked me to beg your prayers.
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Where are the dads? Why are they not protecting their daughters?
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So: Donald Trump destroyed both the GOP and the Democratic Party. That's . beyond incredible.
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You really have to watch this. It is a stunning illustration of how the Left has policed discourse in this country for at least a decade. These days need to be over, now -- and hard. No more politeness to these Cluster B crybullies.
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Just spoke to Cardinal Müller, who was visibly shocked by the police standing a few feet away, blocking entrance to NatCon. “This is like Nazi Germany,” he said. “They are like the SA.” (He gave me permission to quote him.)
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I'm not mad about the "Easter worshippers" controversy, but it is bizarre that these prominent Democrats came up with a weird locution when the word "Christian" is the obvious choice. Why? It's like someone in the Messaging Dept told them "don't say 'Christian'.".
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Here it is: the essence of Woke Capitalism in a single composite image.
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Thinking hard about "What Is A Woman" by @MattWalshBlog, and how it is that courageous and creative conservatives like Matt Walsh and Christopher Rufo achieve so much more for the cause than the extremely well-funded institutions and leaders of Conservatism, Inc.
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Three words I have never written: Schumer is correct. This is a powerful, memorable speech. The disgrace of the Republicans is complete.
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Found out that Matt Christman of Chapo Trap House apparently had a stroke. Chapo is obsessed with me, and hates me . but still, I pray for this dude's recovery, and for God to comfort his friends and family. I invite you to do same. Some things should be human, & non-partisan.
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Stop what you're doing, sit down, and read this stunning essay by Joshua Treviño, an American who was just in England.
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Italian cartoon charts the Evolution Of The Left, 1950-today.
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These are the actual first two paragraphs of a column in the NYTimes. These people are going to spontaneously combust before it's all over.
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My elderly mother has several comorbidities that would make surviving Covid difficult. She's a devout Trump fan, but alas, has no access to the presidential suite at Walter Reed. I am going to have to call her today and beg her to ignore the president's example. Hell of a thing.
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Weird how we Americans often have to read @DailyMail to understand what really happened when a story involves race, sex, or gender, because our media are more interested in managing the narrative than reporting the facts.
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This is real, not satire. The Ivies are woke madrassas. They are helping to ruin America. May they get the comeuppance they so richly deserve.
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August 11, 2019: the day my friend J.D. Vance, the next vice president of the United States, became a Catholic. Glory to God!
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Better to have the truth, however squalid, than the fake splendor of a lie.
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I did not attend Christian schools, but my children do. Here's a cropped photo of my 12-year-old daughter headed to school two weeks ago. They are learning great books in a classical Christian context. I, a public school kid, never got any of this. #exposechristianschools
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Dinner last night w/a Hungarian pro-life activist. I was telling her abt how US prolifers are downcast abt Trump's backing away from life. Some won't vote, I told her. She said: "Are you serious?! You can't be! Don't they know how terrible Kamala will be for life?!" She went on.
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Two months ago, Georgia cops wanted to arrest the two white men in the Arbery shooting, but the local DA, for whom one of the suspects once worked, wouldn't allow it. A devastating blow to the law's credibility:
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Am reading Orwell's "1984" for the first time. I thought I had read it in high school, but realized to my embarrassment that no, I never did. It is FAR better than I expected. Stunning, in fact, to see how relevant Orwell is to our insane cultural moment. It's not a cliche.
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Make no mistake: #ViktorOrban is the leader of the West now -- the West that still remembers what the West is.
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DAMN! @BretWeinstein and @HeatherEHeying live not by lies. They are American heroes for our time. STAND BY THEM! One big lesson I learned from the anticommunist dissidents is that unless you're willing to suffer for your convictions, they mean nothing.
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If Orban's government did to dissident Hungarians what Trudeau's government did to dissident Canadians, all of official Washington would be calling for a color revolution.
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Viktor Orban wins crushing re-election victory. Groomers hardest hit. @GovRonDeSantis, you are onto something!.
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No. Vance made it clear that the American people are not where prolifers are. He’s a politician in a democracy. Politicians have to respond to the world as it is, not as we wish it were. We prolifers can’t let the perfect become the enemy of the achievable good.
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I've publicly argued with Kevin Williamson (who's a friend) over harsh things he's written, but he is one of the bravest and most talented writers I know. The Atlantic's cutting him loose under left-wing fire is deplorable. But clarifying. Definitely clarifying.
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Very proud of my Sen @BillCassidy for his guilty vote today. He will catch hell from the voters at home for this vote, but he did the courageous thing. It is a hell of a thing that there is good reason to believe that Trump refused to call the mob off, but most GOP senators 1/2.
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A few weeks ago, on the first weekend of the Christmas markets in Budapest, I reflected on what a blessing it is that we don't have to worry about Islamists driving cars into the crowds in this country. The Hungarians voted for Orban; the Germans, for Merkel. There you are.
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When America's powerful medical establishment petitions Justice Dept to silence activists like @realchrisrufo, @MattWalshBlog, @BillboardChris and others, soft totalitarianism is becoming hard. Covid was a trial run for technocratic tyranny.
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Only one of these candidates promised to accept the results of the election if he loses, and that candidate is not the sitting President of the United States. There's our constitutional democracy, right there.
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The fact that Donald Trump picked Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to take over the NIH office once held by Dr. Francis Collins, who tried to ruin Dr. Bhattacharya over his Covid dissent, is glorious, and worth one's vote for Trump, no matter what.
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Tucker Carlson has gone public with the news that he was physically attacked by a demon. This is true. He told me about it a year ago. Terrifying stuff.
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Good grief. Reporters have covered war. Some of us were present when the Twin Towers fell. This is embarrassing.
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Imagine this woman in your face, forever. She may not be childless or have cats, but I think this is EXACTLY what JDV meant by "childless cat ladies" telling us all what to do.
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A U.S. Senator -- Democrat from Hawaii -- approves of the work and public position of a fanatical anti-white racist. This is going to be institutionalized in the Democratic Party. The Trump 2020 ads write themselves. Good luck in the Rust Belt, gang!.
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