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Mar 21Liked by Roy Edroso

Ah, but is Candace Owens a man? More likely she is than Mme. Marcon is.

As for why the increase of cray-cray, less the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease of which plenty of the RWNJs surely suffer already than the old situation of addicts needing ever stronger hits.

Not that either way I give a shit.

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Mar 21Liked by Roy Edroso

Oh Jesus Christ on a pogo stick.

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Mar 21Liked by Roy Edroso

Just a side note, apparently The European Conservative is not an independent publication as the name implies, but – surprise, surprise – is funded by Orban’s political party. Which means it’s likely the only respectable-sounding rag that would give Dreher a byline these days.

With Rod it isn’t a case of how the mighty have fallen, it’s a case of how the truly awful and ridiculous have managed to become more so. Even the liberals who publicly disagreed with him in print as recently as the late 2010s now turn their faces away in embarrassment. And yet, the rightwing gravy train is so lucrative that between his sinecure at Orban’s think tank, his Substack, and his book deals he’s still earning at least a quarter of a million a year. Pretty nice coin for a guy who spends his time ranting about demons and worrying about the genitals of every high school girl who is good at soccer.

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Mar 21·edited Mar 21Liked by Roy Edroso

I am late too here, and to other pressing matters (that flatiron won't upgrade to full auto!) but that illustration?

2 well-earned marks!

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Mar 21Liked by Roy Edroso

What's Rod's problem? He's absolutely into the exotic artisanal meats, so munching on a human leg slow-roasted over a low fire should be right up his alley!

We laugh at all the Rightwing meltdown clickbait nonsense, but there are way too many people who really believe this shit. I had someone tell me last week that 10 million kids get kidnapped every year. I pointed out that if that were true, one-in-three kids would go missing every year and we'd run out of children in under four years. Which, you know, is something people might notice. Nope--the liberal media is covering all this up because it's Democrats who are trafficking these children into White slavery.

In sum, these people are nuts, and their lunacy is just one giant ball of self-propelling fallacies.

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Mar 21Liked by Roy Edroso

“Can’t have culture without cult.” Can’t have dumbfuck without dumb OR fuck, either, but neither of these are cause and effect. But one of them does describe RDre.

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I think maybe Rod's real concern with this is guy's like him always get eaten first in the zombie movies.

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Mar 21Liked by Roy Edroso

I wonder what is more likely to be the cause of Haiti's problems, voodoo and demons or centuries of French and American policies suppressing economic growth? Did France demand billions for "lost property" (slaves)? Did Jefferson obstruct Haitian trade because he was afraid of a strong black country on our border? Hard to say.

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Mar 21Liked by Roy Edroso

Racist paternalism...paternalist racism...who can keep track anymore?

Dreher clearly needs a scorecard.

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Mar 21Liked by Roy Edroso

"This Is The BIGGEST Political Scandal In Human History" said someone who reallytruly ought to get out more...

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Mar 21Liked by Roy Edroso

How does he keep getting weirder? Seriously, I'm impressed.

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Mar 21Liked by Roy Edroso

“I would stake my entire professional reputation" [lol — ed.]

Am I the only one who envisioned Ed lol-ing right there? Or do y'all think the all-powerful editor was putting responses in Ed's mouth? Also, what if Owens were to stake just the tip of that professional-ish reputation, or maybe simply offer up her amateur rep instead? Seems like it might be a little safer in the long run.

But she's an young charger, eager for combat and ready to rumble!

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Mar 21Liked by Roy Edroso

Wait till Dreher finds out about the movie, “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” Not to mention the oldie, “One-eyed One-horned Flying Purple People Eater.” The truth is out there, people!

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Mar 21Liked by Roy Edroso

(Said what needed to be said about Dreher yesterday, but tangentially I've never forgiven Fox News for yucking it up about a dozen or so years ago when famine was so prevalent in Haiti people were allegedly eating *dirt*.)`

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Mar 21Liked by Roy Edroso

Candace's close examination of childhood photos shows how the REAL pros do it. Don't leave the house, never call anyone on the phone, the internet will provide, you just have to look REALLY close.

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Mar 21Liked by Roy Edroso

"Next week: Why are there so few Boers in newsrooms?" Often wondered this myself.

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