tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8542449.post3664491398340451434..comments2023-12-18T00:13:13.206-05:00Comments on Glaivester: The Ultra-Naive Rod DreherGlaivesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867323638154972101noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8542449.post-86786209840916489552015-02-27T18:12:26.428-05:002015-02-27T18:12:26.428-05:00Rod Dreher may be naive, but that's not the sa...Rod Dreher may be naive, but that's not the salient feature of his commentary. The salient features would be (1) compulsive manufacture of verbiage and (2) severe other-directedness. Dreher the opinion journalist is addled by how he appears to a posited collection of observers (or several sets of observers). You have the continual striking of attitudes and on the other the repeated fixation on the topic of whether some set of others have declared themselves on one or another statement which supposedly transgresses some contrived boundary. A more studied version of this silliness is provided by Conor Friedersdorf. <br /><br />Dreher's association with the alt-right is an extension of this. He was, subsequent to his employment at <i>National Review</i> at pains to establish himself as a purveyor of something Special, but found that others (e.g. Maggie Gallagher) regarded his efforts dismissively. <br /><br />The common feature of all alt-right discourse is the conviction that they trade in something which has some sort of special property which distinguishes the purveyors from the vulgar exponents of the conventional right. For some its a fidelity to a fanciful 'conservatism' prevalent before the Jew wire-pullers ruined it; for others a (fanciful) sophistication in the assessment of foreign affairs; for others it's their committment to Science and their willingness to Notice Things (usually regarding Jew wire-pullers or dumb blacks or Jew wire-pullers using dumb blacks); for others, it's their inside knowledge of various and sundry Jew wire-puller conspiracies. And so forth. <br /><br />You're dissatisfied with <i>The American Conservative</i>? Of course you are. Daniel McCarthy has assembled a corps of contributors notable for vanity in the service of status anxiety. That's what it trades in. <br /><br />Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8542449.post-82450024414493778472015-02-27T08:14:08.059-05:002015-02-27T08:14:08.059-05:00Thank you for this.
Yep. That's pretty much h...Thank you for this.<br /><br />Yep. That's pretty much how it is.Paulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.com