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whatchamacallit

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33. This is it.

Reply to reformist2 (Reply #13)

Wed Aug 15, 2012, 05:41 PM

Aug 2012

The Democratic Party is (used to be anyway) comprised of flexible minds.

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Why is there no liberal Ayn Rand? Conservatives have a canon, why don't liberals? [View all] salvorhardin Aug 2012 OP

Because you can't herd cats. hifiguy Aug 2012 #1

Ayn Rand hated conservatives. She fought Buckley and campaigned against Reagan. banned from Kos Aug 2012 #3

You have to remember, Ayn loved no one but herself! nt nanabugg Aug 2012 #68

I can agree with this. Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #59

B. F. Skinner? KansDem Aug 2012 #2

Because it's always easier to focus on what you think is WRONG SoCalDem Aug 2012 #4

I was thinking about what you just said last few days NNN0LHI Aug 2012 #24

Noam Chomsky (nt) Shankapotomus Aug 2012 #5

No - you have to write fiction that millions will read. banned from Kos Aug 2012 #6

Ayn Rand also wrote non-fiction Shankapotomus Aug 2012 #9

True, but no one starts out reading her Objectivist manuals banned from Kos Aug 2012 #12

Well, one can say that first presenting her philosophy Shankapotomus Aug 2012 #18

I must disagree. People learn the Gospels and turn to the philosophy of Christ banned from Kos Aug 2012 #19

Yeah, him and about 3000000 others. Slate and Beverly Gage didnt do a lot of research here. stevenleser Aug 2012 #10

Another one I think who is slowly coming up the ranks is Shankapotomus Aug 2012 #32

D'accord.....Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn. marmar Aug 2012 #11

I wouldn't consider Chomsky a liberal, though. white_wolf Aug 2012 #46

they do. first of all, most great literature is liberal. Ever read any EM Forster? cali Aug 2012 #7

I agree with you that most great lit is liberal. Steinbeck and Orwell also come to mind. Chiyo-chichi Aug 2012 #44

True: "most great literature is liberal." The reason is... FSogol Aug 2012 #72

Jesus NightWatcher Aug 2012 #8

+1 How much more obvious could it be? nt DCKit Aug 2012 #66

+1 freshwest Oct 2012 #86

Pragmatism/doing what what works >>>> Rigid ideology reformist2 Aug 2012 #13

This is it. whatchamacallit Aug 2012 #33

I think Ayn Rand is close to satanic. Quantess Aug 2012 #14

“I give people Ayn Rand with trappings” Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #53

+1 freshwest Oct 2012 #87

I agree with you, but even DeSade was a better writer than Rand (n/t) Tom Ripley Oct 2012 #89

Oh, hell yes he was a better writer. Quantess Oct 2012 #90

because repubs welcome conservatives & dems do not welcome liberals these days? nt msongs Aug 2012 #15

the same reason there is no liberal Rush Limbaugh... Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2012 #16

Excellent! SheilaT Aug 2012 #23

Well Put. (nt) Paladin Aug 2012 #26

Donnie shut the fu..... DLine Aug 2012 #27

nicely stated. ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2012 #31

You said it far more economically than I did. hifiguy Aug 2012 #34

Money and coporate America DemocracyInaction Aug 2012 #17

Thinking that attempts a broader unifying picture of the Left sibelian Aug 2012 #20

'Ishmael' by Daniel Quinn. banned from Kos Aug 2012 #21

You mean why isn't there a psychopathic liberal writer who demands a cult like following? Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2012 #22

Post removed Post removed Aug 2012 #25

Apparently salvorhardin Aug 2012 #39

Your excerpt does seem to boil down to 'liberals don't read' muriel_volestrangler Aug 2012 #67

Thats what Star Trek is for TheKentuckian Aug 2012 #47

One knows they are searching and thinks; the other thinks they know and is finished searching. RadiationTherapy Aug 2012 #28

Find two DU members who agree. Speck Tater Aug 2012 #29

I suspect even the same person with two different usernames won't agree with himself. eom yawnmaster Aug 2012 #36

ROFL. The left hand sock puppet knows not what the right hand sock puppet believes. nt Speck Tater Aug 2012 #45

Liberal canons are rapidly branded as "radical" randr Aug 2012 #30

Does Bob Dylan count? Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #35

Liberals are more musical! Tabasco_Dave Aug 2012 #42

We don't want one. Iggo Aug 2012 #37

So nice to see so many commenters illustrating the author's point salvorhardin Aug 2012 #38

Because liberals do not believe in fantasy bullshit when it comes to running the government. madinmaryland Aug 2012 #40

You mean a liberal who advocates extreme altruism, helping the poor and sick? NickB79 Aug 2012 #41

Haha! Nice one. joshcryer Aug 2012 #48

Jesus Christ - socialist upi402 Aug 2012 #51

+100,000! And Ayn Rand hates Him. Zalatix Aug 2012 #61

Because "liberalism" was the default position for most of the last century Spider Jerusalem Aug 2012 #43

Good post YoungDemCA Aug 2012 #49

Excellent post (n/t) Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #55

Why would we want a shitty novelist and pseudo-philosopher? Major Nikon Aug 2012 #50

Because we have read more than ONE book? Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #52

Fear pscot Aug 2012 #54

FDR (except 1937)? Jesus Christ? MannyGoldstein Aug 2012 #56

We find truth to be a continuously unfolding process, rather than an instantaneous single point. JFN1 Aug 2012 #57

We don't think in canon JCMach1 Aug 2012 #58

Charles Dickens maybe? limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #60

Steinbeck was the first one I thought of. LuvNewcastle Aug 2012 #64

Exactly. Steinbeck said everything that to needs be said, eloquently. LiberalAndProud Aug 2012 #69

Sinclair Lewis is another one. LuvNewcastle Aug 2012 #70

Mark Twain is the one I'd pick Major Nikon Aug 2012 #75

I agree. LuvNewcastle Aug 2012 #81

From the same era as Ayn Rand (textbook sociopath) lapfog_1 Aug 2012 #62

Modern "left" is mainly not leftist at all. David__77 Aug 2012 #63

David Simon, "The Wire." McDiggy Aug 2012 #65

Steinem, Baldwin, Carson BumRushDaShow Aug 2012 #71

Dickens, Twain, Steinbeck, Vonnegut FSogol Aug 2012 #73

Now we don't, its because Democrats think for themselves and don't submit to dogma 1-Old-Man Aug 2012 #74

Exactly. Repubs can't seem to function without listening to one source. Jennicut Aug 2012 #76

ayn rand was a liberal BOG PERSON Aug 2012 #77

The Right Claims Her Now Dirty Socialist Aug 2012 #80

then it's time to ask: BOG PERSON Aug 2012 #84

Stanley Milgram Dirty Socialist Aug 2012 #78

FDR WilliamPitt Aug 2012 #79

And his VP, Henry Wallace: freshwest Oct 2012 #88

ayn rand embodied the spirit of the 60s BOG PERSON Aug 2012 #82

What about Jack London Boxcar Willie Aug 2012 #83

Don't London's novels Shankapotomus Aug 2012 #85