Posted on 04/12/2006 8:35:52 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
If you find objectivism and Ayn Rand so distasteful you shouldnt have gone at all. Remember though, you wouldnt see a republican or conservative group show the same kind of guts. Theyre just as politically correct as the left is.
South Park took on Scientology.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4836286.stm
Thanks. It sounds like they were pretty unprepared, but they at least get points for making an appearance at the risk of actually hearing something.
If you read my comment carefully, you will note that I said nothing about finding objectivism distasteful. I only remarked that I am not an objectivist. And I can't say that I find Ayn Rand distasteful, because I have never read anything by her.
By the way, why should I not have gone at all? Should I only attend presentations by those with whom I agree?
Nonetheless, we're on the same page as to the gutlessness of conservative and GOP groups on campus. It was different in the early 1970's, when USC had a feisty Young Americans For Freedom (YAF) chapter that wasn't afraid to sock it to the Left.
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