What makes Dreher unusual, if not unique, on the right is he is so sincere. He has a wild backstory that often overshadows whatever he's arguing on a given day. Yet - here's the Dreher difference - he isn't playing that up to patch up right-wing talking points. 1/
https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1608103042003468297
The thing that is so maddening about him is that he is so sincere & earnest & yet, by my lefty lights, he suffers from - I won't call it severe false-consciousness because I don't want to get all theory about it. He fails to make basic connections, see evident parallels. 2/
theamericanconservative.com/a-darkness-rev… His latest reflection, in the wake of the sad revelation about his dad, is a case in point. He thinks left-wingers want to force him to hate his dad. I dunno, man. I'm sure there are jerks. But why not just: so extend basic respect to LGBTQ folks? 3/
'I was weird and wasn't accepted for my differences, even though it should have been fine. A stiff conservatism that wasn't Christian, just authoritarian and intolerant, made life needlessly miserable for me.' The lesson in that shouldn't be: let's freak out about drag queens. 4/
Overall, it's a tale about respect, inclusion & the need for that in life. Life is mysterious, so being respectful means allowing for that - and for being messed up. So how can you NOT, then, ask: what if the other side is kind of like you? 5/
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