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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-10 06:39 PM
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Ayn Rand on Altrusim:

"If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject."

Ayn Rand on the Pre-Born:


"Either the little bastards should get out of those wombs
and go out to find jobs, or else start paying rent."


Ayn Rand on Quadriplegics:

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2006/11/22/lw3_davewallace_wideweb__470x307,0.jpg
"Why should my wealth help the lazy? They have mouths, right?


Ayn Rand on Corpses:


"If I can bury myself, so can you. Right, Frank?"
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texastoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-10 06:50 PM
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1. K&R n/t
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w8liftinglady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-10 06:54 PM
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2. I hang my head in shame...to think,once I was a Randian Objectivist...
It took "the real world" to cram some sense into my young,conceited mind.
Thanks for posting...how soon we forget(We are seeing a repeat...with smaller words)
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-10 07:51 PM
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9. So was I, but then we both woke up and GREW up.
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Curmudgeoness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-10 06:59 PM
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3. I always thought she was a condescending bitch, but really,
did she actually say these things? That is beyond what I would have expected from her...at least by a smidgen.
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-10 07:00 PM
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4. The first one is an actual quote
The rest is satire.
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Curmudgeoness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-10 07:28 PM
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7. Whew, you just never know with Rand. Gotta say,
altruism really is a horrible philosophy. At least if you think all people are idiots who should be left to die except for a chosen few, who are worthy. Poor Eddie Willers. Unworthy.

Here's another quote---what a commie!

"Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law."
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Posteritatis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-10 08:22 PM
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12. Some of them are satire but she's said vastly, vastly worse
She idealized an unrepentant child killer as a glorious, independant person, someone to aspire to be like.

Rand was evil, a word I try not to use regularly, and I generally consider her philosophy little better.
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-10 07:06 PM
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5. Another poor shrunken Republicon soul
Her face reveals her poverty of soul.

So Republicon. So sad.
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Posteritatis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-10 08:24 PM
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13. A lot of the nastier Republicans are altruistic saints alongside her. (nt)
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-10 07:08 PM
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6. I Thought Republicans Didn't Believe In Darwin...
Sounds like survival of the fittest to me.

:shrug:
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chillspike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-10 07:30 PM
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8. LOL
"Right, Frank?"

LOL

"Frank?"
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Ron Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-10 07:54 PM
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10. Objectivism is the philosophy of most thinking
17-year-olds.
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ismnotwasm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-10 07:59 PM
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11. Her life story is fascinating
Her philosophy is a evil horror.
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Hannah Bell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-10 05:16 AM
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17. typical white russian.
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DonCoquixote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-10 01:01 AM
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14. The best quote about ayn rand
"Our religion is just Ayn Rand with trappings"

Anton Lovey, founder of the Church of Satan.
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pnorman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-10 04:57 AM
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15. "Why should my wealth help the lazy? They have mouths, right?"
Couldn't Google that at all. IMO: Much damage is done to our side by making such things up!

On a lighter note, I frequently needle knee-jerk Randians by asking them: "Do you blindly worship an avowed ATHEIST?"
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-10 05:03 AM
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16. Didn't you get the part that everything after the first quote was satire?
I thought that I mentioned that before.
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pnorman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-10 05:45 AM
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18. No, I didn't! Where was it? Am I "dense"?
You might call it satire, but I call BS on it. If those quotes weren't intended as ammo to toss at those egotistical hypocrits, then WHAT was their purpose?
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-10 06:29 AM
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19. Post #4
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