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Th1onein

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55. I actually liked the way that she wrote. Each to his own, I guess.

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #48)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 07:45 PM

Oct 2012

The world is a more interesting place because not everyone is the same.

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I know how you fell about Any Rand however read this please! [View all] sheshe2 Oct 2012 OP

Whatever. OffWithTheirHeads Oct 2012 #1

sigh abumbyanyothername Oct 2012 #2

i read all of rand writings when i was in.my 20s riverbendviewgal Oct 2012 #3

Indeed. freshwest Oct 2012 #8

Not a Troll sheshe2 Oct 2012 #11

Don't let the touchiness bug you. We have been having consistent & sustained attempts at patrice Oct 2012 #21

Not sheshe2 Oct 2012 #22

Oh, so then, may we refer to you as our very own little Archipelagian Pet? or . . . patrice Oct 2012 #47

Hey sheshe2! Welcome to DU. I liked Ayn Rand, too. Th1onein Oct 2012 #23

Thanks sheshe2 Oct 2012 #24

I understand exactly what you mean. I agree with you. Th1onein Oct 2012 #25

I'm as big a critic of Rand as anyone here... regnaD kciN Oct 2012 #26

I read the Fountainhead and thought it was great that he would stand up for his designs WCGreen Oct 2012 #32

Ayn Rand is trashed not because of Ryan but because of her philosophy of selfishness. pnwmom Oct 2012 #29

You do understand that some people who read her books don't see the philosophy behind Th1onein Oct 2012 #45

Well, the poster wanted to know why people are offended by Ayn Rand, pnwmom Oct 2012 #48

She IS a terrible writer. Man. I slogged through Atlas Shrugged. Butterbean Oct 2012 #54

I actually liked the way that she wrote. Each to his own, I guess. Th1onein Oct 2012 #55

i read almost all of them myself. barbtries Oct 2012 #52

it's kind of like if you read the Bible in reverse CreekDog Oct 2012 #4

Oh. Brother. So - now your 16? bluerum Oct 2012 #5

Actually 60 sheshe2 Oct 2012 #28

So you now think Dems aren't thinkers, because they don't embrace Ayn Rand? eShirl Oct 2012 #38

Not what I meant sheshe2 Oct 2012 #43

this is what DU is like eShirl Oct 2012 #44

All I can say is that I am less than enthusiastic about the simplistic dystopian bluerum Oct 2012 #56

Self:Other, Individual:Collective etc. etc. are false dichotomies. Notice that you can't have one patrice Oct 2012 #6

For me . . . it was Omega Man. abumbyanyothername Oct 2012 #9

Those influences are part of my mix too. Also: Zardoz, Logan's Run, Stranger in a Strange Land ... patrice Oct 2012 #12

Dostievsky's The Adolescent pretty much sums up abumbyanyothername Oct 2012 #16

Have not read The Adolescent, but The Idiot & Crime & Punishment were both part of patrice Oct 2012 #19

I dunno, sounds more like JNelson6563 Oct 2012 #35

Sophomoric brush Oct 2012 #7

Wrong website. We're all statist, nanny state parasites here. freshwest Oct 2012 #10

Would you like to share other significant books? nt patrice Oct 2012 #13

ann rand she ran so far away Lint Head Oct 2012 #14

"Any" Rand? Hokay. n/t Permanut Oct 2012 #15

Sure sheshe2 Oct 2012 #17

Problem? no. Just trying to build context. nt patrice Oct 2012 #20

I never fell for Any Rand. Change has come Oct 2012 #18

Part of the problem with Rand is that her beliefs are really opposed to democratic beliefs, We People Oct 2012 #27

She was a hypocrite as well. Ilsa Oct 2012 #37

Thanks for this. I will have to read it later. & Unless one is capable of producing absolutely patrice Oct 2012 #49

Re Mail sheshe2 Oct 2012 #58

Oh no, I'm SO sorry to hear that We People Oct 2012 #59

Thank you for your thoughts sheshe2 Oct 2012 #60

See the Master. "he makes it up as he goes along". It's all bullsheet graham4anything Oct 2012 #30

Post removed Post removed Oct 2012 #62

If you want to read some decent anti-Utopian fiction eShirl Oct 2012 #31

And what was or is preventing you from being yourself . . . TomClash Oct 2012 #33

She escaped from Communist Russia and her philosophy derived from that. Kablooie Oct 2012 #34

Nice, but... it's fiction. NCLefty Oct 2012 #36

Not because of Ryan union_maid Oct 2012 #39

Not only all of that theKed Oct 2012 #40

Ayn Rand sucks by literary standards. I'm taking politics out of it, and she's still mediocre. LovePeacock Oct 2012 #41

When it comes to crazy cult leaders, Charles Manson demonstrates a far greater facility... Tom Ripley Oct 2012 #46

Rand is a viscious sociopath. bemildred Oct 2012 #42

A perfect society based solely on individualism is a fantasy. This is why we have a government MatthewStLouis Oct 2012 #50

When I was 14 I was introduced to Vonnegut by a teacher. I'm glad it wasn't Rand. I'd be a fucked up Erose999 Oct 2012 #51

My favourite quote concerning Rand TrogL Oct 2012 #53

Good quote! :) MatthewStLouis Oct 2012 #57

Ha! I am glad I chose Lord of the Rings to obsess about back then. Jennicut Oct 2012 #63

This is not mstinamotorcity2 Oct 2012 #61

So, how do you plan to enlighten us in your NEXT incarnation? 2ndAmForComputers Oct 2012 #64

Will Rand Paul ever find out he is named after a typewriter? Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #65

Sorry to hear that quaker bill Oct 2012 #66

And your point is? dgraz007 Oct 2012 #67