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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 10:09 PM Original message |
ATLAS SHRIEKED: Ayn Rand's first love was a sadistic serial killer |
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bookman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wish I had a link. nt |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 10:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. You do.... click on 'source' |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. the link is there... click on "source" |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. The thing that's so disturbing about Rand for me is that hers is |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I know very little about Nietzche and I'm not likely to ever learn, |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 01:36 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. You seem to know enough |
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Myshadow (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
63. 'Thoughts" |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
64. I was fond of him at one time |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
67. Nietzsche wrote many letters of absolute horror at the fascists use of his work. |
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Mason Dixon (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. what do you do for a living? |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
44. Why? |
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Mason Dixon (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:57 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. just curious |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #56 |
68. Ah |
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Mason Dixon (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:56 AM Response to Reply #68 |
73. Tis |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Will I be baited? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
47. that is a GREAt title "Nietzsche, Laughing" nt |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. The GOP and the neocons use the toolbox of the sociopath all the time: |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
69. Yep. I saw a great documentary on that last night... |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. Rand was an anti-socialist at heart. |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. Dangerous woman and her dangerous philosophy nt |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. Great advice at the end: "smoke the Rand followers out, make them answer for following the crazed |
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kohodog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
61. "Rand Paul" |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
9. As opposed to those humane serial killers. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
10. I must be the only one who watches criminal minds. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 01:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. You're not the only one. |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. Very interesting. Sources for the author's statements re- Rand's feelings toward Hickman |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I believe the main source for the quotes was Ayn Rand's journals. |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 01:25 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Gracias; |
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bongo_x (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
71. weak argument... |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
14. Ayn Rand is the Karl Marx of the Tea Party. |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Please don't compare Marx to that ignorant, hateful woman. |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:24 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. What about Gummo? Can I compare him to her? |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:41 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Fair enough. |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 01:31 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. She hated democracies and Christianity too. |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 02:04 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. *snort* |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. That's what I really don't get |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
53. just shows that they will pick the parts they like and ignore the rest to suit their needs. |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #53 |
70. That's what they do to the Bible, the constitution, the law. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. Imbeciles all. |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. More like the Charlie Manson. Much more. |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I'm honestly not sure if in the long run, Altas Shrugged and |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. I never looked at it that way before, but you could very well be right. |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
52. Please take that trash somewhere else. |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
23. kick |
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felix_numinous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
24. K&R |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
26. It's a pity she never got to know Hickman on a close personal level. |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. LOL! |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
28. Thanks for posting this. Another DUer already posted the link below but it's worth posting it again: |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
49. That is a sad and disturbing story. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
51. Condolences to the author for having a father who is a dick, a deadbeat, and an unfit parent. |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #28 |
58. Makes one wonder what Rush Limbaugh & Beck are doing to families right now (nt) |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
30. Little known quotes of Ayn Rand |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Wow...do you happen to have a source for that? |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. asdf |
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aggiesal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
31. What they don't tell you is that ... |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
36. RepubliBagger Family Values - You cannot go any lower |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
37. He also tried to blame his crime on another man. Why take responsibility? Not in his best interests! |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Thank you for the additional information. |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
39. They're movie tanked the first weekend |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
41. Poor Marion Parker |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
42. Randbots seem alot like Jared Lee Loughner. |
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localroger (663 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
43. Rand is much like the Marquis de Sade |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
45. (Bad, I know, but ...) Burn, baby. Burn. |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
48. Rand was a sociopath |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
62. Whenever I hear her name I see a visual of Ann Coulter. |
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Meldread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
50. Ayn Rand was merely the mirror reflection of Karl Marx. |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. That's how I feel now |
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Meldread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:17 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. That's not extremism. |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
54. Did you expect anything less? n/t |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
59. Raksha, I'm pretty sure you'll find this essay from 2005 extremely interesting. |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:07 AM Response to Reply #59 |
72. Thanks for the link, SW. If anything, that article is better than the one in my OP. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:20 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. You're very welcome. I'm glad you found it worthwhile. |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
60. SO... It's a "Pile of little arms", is it? |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
65. Well....There were two things I liked about her.... |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #65 |
75. Gee.. I hope that didn't do it for your acceptance of this nut... |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
66. Ayn Rand: a horrible whore |
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