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Rod Dreher and the "Benedict Option" (Moral people forming their own counterculture)
Ricochet ^ | September 28, 2013 | Peter Robinson

Posted on 09/28/2013 10:00:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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21 posted on 09/29/2013 12:44:55 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Compliance with Tyranny is Treason.


22 posted on 09/29/2013 12:45:56 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (If I wanted a Godless Commie Democrat to run my life, I would have Married one.)
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To: The Duke

Conservative “Sheep” Vote for Sheepdogs.

Liberal “Sheep” Vote for Wolves.


23 posted on 09/29/2013 12:48:03 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (If I wanted a Godless Commie Democrat to run my life, I would have Married one.)
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To: garjog

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Saint_Benedict


24 posted on 09/29/2013 12:49:54 AM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: The Duke

Wow! Congrats on your will-power and your ability to get in shape.

It hits home for me because I drink too much diet coke and I could stand to lose about 35 pounds.


25 posted on 09/29/2013 1:04:59 AM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
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To: Monterrosa-24
14 months ago I really thought I was hopelessly addicated to Diet Mtn Dew .. but one day I just switched to unsweetened greeen tea (and purified water) and never looked back.

I thought I was the weakest-willed person on earth .. but that was just the carbs exertiing their influence. (I broke the back of carb dependence by switching to fresh fruits).

26 posted on 09/29/2013 2:21:43 AM PDT by The Duke
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To: zeestephen

No, it’s only a one-page article. The comments go on for three pages. They are interesting. Looks like a good group over there.


27 posted on 09/29/2013 3:11:56 AM PDT by ottbmare (the OTTB mare, now a proud Marine Mom)
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To: Monterrosa-24
Wow! Congrats on your will-power and your ability to get in shape.

The real congratulations should be for the amazing woman who has now entered my life. Truly my dream. It would not have happened had I remained the "sheep" that I was. :)

28 posted on 09/29/2013 3:48:54 AM PDT by The Duke
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To: The Duke

I’ve had much the same experience. Radicalized wolf.

Problem is you are one in a 1000 and i am one in a 1000 and you are there and I am here and there is a gulf of separation between us and all wolves.

To make any difference there has to be some sort of concentration of power.

You vote there and I vote here and ok...we did our bit but that voice is lost in the takers votes.

The internet helps, no doubt.

Obviously after the 2010 midterms, we know there are more wolves than thee and me. But I do not know how to effectively and realisticly harness the power of “Hell NO!”


29 posted on 09/29/2013 4:06:09 AM PDT by Adder (No, Mr. Franklin, we could NOT keep it.)
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To: GeronL

In my opinion, Rod Dreher is the male version of Peggy Noonan. He has some very warm and earnest sentiments, and when he’s writing about those, he’s an extremely endearing writer.

On the other hand, he has hysterical moments, and then his writing is just ditzy. A quality they seem to share is the apparent belief that if everyone else simply felt (notice I didn’t say “thought”) as they do, everything would be wonderful.

And apropos of the posted article, this may be the first time I’ve seen the word “bleg,” and I profoundly hope I never see it again.


30 posted on 09/29/2013 4:49:56 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I'm not crazy ... I'm just not you.)
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To: The Duke

Congrats, Mrs. Obama, at least, would be pleased with 1/2 your program. I’m just joshing around, I too need a program of personal transformation, so I truly do admire what you’ve accomplished.


31 posted on 09/29/2013 5:02:50 AM PDT by jocon307
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Isolationists don’t get much done nor do they wield much power over their surroundings or neighbors. Essentially this is a call to give up.


32 posted on 09/29/2013 5:56:04 AM PDT by CARTOUCHE (This nation is teats up.)
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Bingo!


33 posted on 09/29/2013 6:05:17 AM PDT by SgtHooper (The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
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To: Tax-chick

I haven’t heard his name come up for while since he was laughed out of the room for his attempt to turn conservatives into eco-nuts and his term “Crunchy Con”


34 posted on 09/29/2013 10:18:06 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: Adder
Well, I do my best to preach "the wolf" to all who will listen. When I see old classmates posting on the Internet about the latest football games, or pictures of cakes and pastries, I do realize there is a real shortage of wolves.

I'm going beyond trying to "change" things though, and am now largely focused on surviving that which may happen. Within 12 months I guarantee you I'll have purchased property and started providing employment in some nice, tropical location, and will be doing plenty of business (and fishing!) there. I've already picked the location (well, actually, my "mate" has).

Isn't it empowering, though, to go through this transformation? I spent years and years dreading to try to take the first step, and yet it was so easy, and the rewards are just insane. I'm glad to have you as a kindred soul! :)

BTW, I don't think I've mentioned it on this thread, but I have a book coming out in a couple of weeks entitled "When There is No FEMA" ... keep an eye open for it ... it is a book for wolves. :) (almost 3 years in the writing)

35 posted on 09/29/2013 12:11:14 PM PDT by The Duke
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To: jocon307

So, how can I help you start your transformation to “wolf”? Send me a private message if you like. We wolves need company, and if the transformation you need is similar to that which I needed then I’ll be happy to share some positive thoughts.


36 posted on 09/29/2013 12:16:22 PM PDT by The Duke
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To: GeronL

Well, you see, he thinks of himself as conservative, and so if he’s into health food, that makes it a “conservative” thing to do, and therefore everyone should do it. A person very confident of his own rightness about absolutely everything.


37 posted on 09/29/2013 1:09:27 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I'm not crazy ... I'm just not you.)
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To: Tax-chick

bump


38 posted on 09/29/2013 2:07:27 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: The Duke

Congratulations, FRiend on your transformation. I’ve taken a couple of steps already. We’re moving to a small town in north Florida before the end of this year. I now possess more firepower than I ever personally carried while in the Marine Corps, and, while I’m in surprisingly good shape for my sedentary lifestyle (I inherited really great genes) I want to be better in that regard, and will begin that transformation as soon as we have resettled.


39 posted on 09/30/2013 11:24:06 AM PDT by clintonh8r (Don't twerk me, Bro!)
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I want to be better in that regard, and will begin that transformation as soon as we have resettled.

Excellent - another wolf joins the pack!

Breakfast today was a bowl of cereal with almond milk. Lunch was 4 oz of Quinoa. Dinner was a protein shake. And a few chunks of melon before bed. And as I sit here typing this I feel the change - and it's really so very nice.

In my case I had to be patient, and strip away one behavior at a time. The last behavior I stripped away was changing my nighttime meal to a protein shake. I thought that would be difficult, but it was really no problem at all.

It's amazing the mental strength one finds ... there was a time I thought I had the weakest willpower on the planet.

Once again, welcome to the pack! :)

40 posted on 09/30/2013 9:38:42 PM PDT by The Duke
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