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Bernardo de La Paz

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8. Here on DU we do not respect Ayn Rand as a definer or arbiter of democracy.

Reply to safeinOhio (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 11, 2019, 08:48 AM

Mar 2019

And libertarians are constantly mis-defined and mislabeled and ignorantly characterized on DU.

Ayn Rand is NOT a libertarian. She is an Objectivist.

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