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Bucky

(53,795 posts)
96. To be fair, Rand was openly and frankly critical of ideas like cooperation and good manners.
Tue Feb 21, 2012, 12:04 AM
Feb 2012

It's hard to conceive a more openly amoral philosophy--indeed, Randism is a perfectly amoral philosophy and makes no apologies. What I don't get is how it suckers in so many self described Christians. It is directly anti-Christian, anti-Gold Rule.

I love it! nt sufrommich Feb 2012 #1
Got that right FrodosPet Feb 2012 #87
Kiddo nailed it! Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #2
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Tis you.... CanSocDem Feb 2012 #64
That's hilarious, but what a weird assignment. mrs_p Feb 2012 #3
It's typical for here in the South Major Nikon Feb 2012 #12
"what stupid people think smart authors sound like." I have had this EXACT thought. DirkGently Feb 2012 #13
Well put jsmirman Feb 2012 #15
So... what is smart television for smart people? DireStrike Feb 2012 #52
Must just be Texas and not the entire South. Fawke Em Feb 2012 #38
It seems to be teacher dependent Major Nikon Feb 2012 #39
A.R. was on the list for SC, but we chose other authors. n/t renie408 Feb 2012 #51
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'a fullgrown dumbass' SammyWinstonJack Feb 2012 #71
12 posts and you're still here Major Nikon Feb 2012 #78
Oh, that's a keeper! Lizzie Poppet Feb 2012 #56
Her books are what smart people think smart authors sound like ThinkAndActForMyself Feb 2012 #63
Give it up, already. SammyWinstonJack Feb 2012 #73
That's pretty much what Paul Krugman said about Newt KamaAina Feb 2012 #77
The Ayn Rand Foundation gives her books away for free Nevernose Feb 2012 #98
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You're obviously not the sharpest bulb on the chandelier. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #82
well that was a rand type word salad. Javaman Feb 2012 #83
Special Achievement DUzy Nomination! rocktivity Feb 2012 #4
SMART! elleng Feb 2012 #5
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"ThinkAndActForMyself" an Ayn Rand fan. SammyWinstonJack Feb 2012 #79
Yes, and having 'fun' here today, methinks! elleng Feb 2012 #81
Hey, teabaggers & rethugs: Are You Smarter Than a 2nd Grader? Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2012 #6
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If you're a 'randian' and your day's been made you have only yourself to thank. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2012 #85
So how is 3rd grade? nt Javaman Feb 2012 #86
Out of the mouth of babes. southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #7
+1 phasma ex machina Feb 2012 #10
I like South Park better thelordofhell Feb 2012 #8
I was an Ayn Rand follower in high school. Then I got out in the real world. rhett o rick Feb 2012 #9
Like The Man Said...... thelordofhell Feb 2012 #30
I wasnt familar with that quote. I guess great minds think alike. lol. Thanks. nm rhett o rick Feb 2012 #36
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This is a great quote Lunabelle Feb 2012 #49
You're thinking of crony capitalism, not objectivism ThinkAndActForMyself Feb 2012 #70
Also have the lowest paid employees. nt Javaman Feb 2012 #90
South Park's writers are libertarians ThinkAndActForMyself Feb 2012 #69
and you have a link stating that the south park writers Javaman Feb 2012 #91
Excellent! Says it all. JDPriestly Feb 2012 #11
smart kid limpyhobbler Feb 2012 #14
The kid is Ralph Wiggum ThinkAndActForMyself Feb 2012 #74
The writers on the Simpsons are Liberals. Javaman Feb 2012 #92
Please tell me this is real jsmirman Feb 2012 #16
I believe it is real. I got it from a friend on Facebook. Kablooie Feb 2012 #29
And it's SPECTACULAR jsmirman Feb 2012 #33
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This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Feb 2012 #89
Wait, who makes a 2nd grader read Ayn Rand? white_wolf Feb 2012 #17
Rush 2112 album was credited to 'the genius of Ayn Rand' flexnor Feb 2012 #18
rush 2112 lyrics flexnor Feb 2012 #20
Neal Peart had a severe case of youth assholism in the 70's. 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2012 #23
my first concious exposure to ayn rand was in the late 1990s, watching 'The Fountainhead' flexnor Feb 2012 #24
That's good to hear jsmirman Feb 2012 #25
never really liked anything after 'a farewell to kings' flexnor Feb 2012 #28
Indeed, he went from 2112 to Territories to The Larger Bowl. Chichiri Feb 2012 #31
The "larger bowl" sounds like where a lot of this stuff belongs. (n/t) thesquanderer Feb 2012 #44
LOL...in a way I agree Shankapotomus Feb 2012 #88
That's weird jsmirman Feb 2012 #22
Actually, it was dedicated to "the genus of Ayn Rand" (sic) Chichiri Feb 2012 #32
Small point, but Trees was not on 2112 Nostradammit Feb 2012 #46
that's correct, i was not clear about that flexnor Feb 2012 #57
Who teaches a 2nd grader Ayn Rand? Really LynneSin Feb 2012 #19
no shit. 2nd grader? spanone Feb 2012 #40
They might want to look into penmanship and sentence construction. underpants Feb 2012 #47
I suspect if Josie was reading Ayn Rand... LynneSin Feb 2012 #48
Momma has advised me that I can't comment on her "social studies" curriculim yet underpants Feb 2012 #50
Bully is far too generous. white_wolf Feb 2012 #21
Ayn Rand provided a religion of validation and absolution to Manhatton, NY flexnor Feb 2012 #26
Agree with the thought; not buying the notion that a 7 year old wrote it. n/t cherokeeprogressive Feb 2012 #27
me too Bucky Feb 2012 #54
Just curious, but what is the context of this quote? Sirveri Feb 2012 #34
it's clearly an Ayn Rand hero. Kablooie Feb 2012 #35
...and a child shall lead them. Fawke Em Feb 2012 #37
Kids do say some of the "darndest things" :) nt Land Shark Feb 2012 #41
K&R nt 2 Much Tribulation Feb 2012 #42
2nd graders get it - Gopers don't! Need I say more? jillan Feb 2012 #43
kids are smarter than many grown-ups! Odin2005 Feb 2012 #45
I am deeply suspicious of this. Bucky Feb 2012 #53
If it is genuine RZM Feb 2012 #76
To be fair, Rand was openly and frankly critical of ideas like cooperation and good manners. Bucky Feb 2012 #96
Agreed RZM Feb 2012 #97
I am as well. Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #84
Rand's quotation sums up the American empire in a nutshell stockholmer Feb 2012 #55
Smart kid Pakid Feb 2012 #58
I am shocked that schools are teaching about an atheist like Ayn Rand. libinnyandia Feb 2012 #59
No, the bully would be the State. ThinkAndActForMyself Feb 2012 #60
Anyone who parrots Teabagger talking points The Doctor. Feb 2012 #80
The quote reminds me of a t-shirt Homer Simpson wore circa 2003 Arugula Latte Feb 2012 #65
Even a Second Grader Knows the Definition of a Bully fascisthunter Feb 2012 #93
Mind providing sourcing? moriah Feb 2012 #94
post it for what it is... political commentary fascisthunter Feb 2012 #95
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