tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895895833188404571.post6611698850488716968..comments2023-09-10T08:05:04.212-04:00Comments on ODYSSEUS ON THE ROCKS: DREHER DOES HIS BEST TO COVER HIS BIASThomas O. Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16387289879023508471noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895895833188404571.post-12103655833880069042014-06-30T14:02:44.665-04:002014-06-30T14:02:44.665-04:00To be fair to Dreher, I think his horror at child ...To be fair to Dreher, I think his horror at child abuse by Roman Catholic clergy drove him to the mentality he now holds. Remember, his experience of being bullied as a child is a big deal to him. So in my opinion, he just lacks the maturity and to use an old fashioned expression, Grit to face unpleasant realities. His problem is a certain lack of virtu. A man takes in the horrors of human imperfection, fully feels them and reacts with manly resolve to do what a man can. I'm not saying here that Dreher is a sissy, but I am saying that he is weak and more than a bit willing to self-delude in order to work his little corner of the internet. In short, he is an inferior man with annoying habits.Thomas O. Meehanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16387289879023508471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895895833188404571.post-77617840821013463872014-06-30T10:05:02.981-04:002014-06-30T10:05:02.981-04:00I hope two things: 1) this causes readers to come ...I hope two things: 1) this causes readers to come around a bit more to our way of thinking: that Dreher has an anti-Catholic bias and is not a trustworthy reporter on the Catholic church PERIOD, and 2) that Dreher himself examines his conscience on this matter and recognizes the anti-Catholic bias within himself and in his industry, the news media. I have more hope for #1, but I hope for both nonetheless.Paulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895895833188404571.post-47998456576684923742014-06-27T13:15:07.708-04:002014-06-27T13:15:07.708-04:00Yes Dreher starts out willing to believe anything ...Yes Dreher starts out willing to believe anything but usually remembers to slip in some tiny disclaimer to cover his Bias (ass). I've always thought his problem is a form of cowardice. He wants to be a conservative but he doesn't want to make all his liberal, homosexual, conservative Inc, friends angry. So he cultivates them while writing conservative-lite drivel. Sometimes his instincts are sound but his fear of offending always subverts his message. Thomas O. Meehanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16387289879023508471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895895833188404571.post-80385286243855209592014-06-27T12:34:37.301-04:002014-06-27T12:34:37.301-04:00I'll add this theory that was tossed out by th...I'll add this theory that was <a href="http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/diarmuid-martin-tom-piatak-ireland-tuam/comment-page-1/#comment-6193900" rel="nofollow">tossed out by the Esteemed Journalist Rod Dreher</a>: <br /><br /><i>The idea is that these kids may have been used as guinea pigs, presumably (if this turns out to be true) because they were seen by the Church and Irish society as throwaways.</i> <br /><br />Sure, he'll claim that the "if this turns out to be true" qualifier gets him off the hook. But it's the same old trick -- people remember the charge (Irish nuns used throwaway children as guinea pigs) but never the counterfacts. pikkumattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04929135762224920473noreply@blogger.com