Please don't scream in bold blue letters. I'm perfectly capable of reading normal text. And yes, I read the article before I posted it to you under the assumption that you were a reasonable intellect that would read all that was provided and form your own conclusions. Obviously I was wrong. A few other quotes that you chose to ignore in your screaming are:
"So even if Rand and a few of her followers claim otherwise, their politics are libertarian."--first article
Russian-born Ayn Rand (1905-1982) brought more people into the libertarian movement than anybody else.--third article
Some have described her politics as minarchism and libertarianism, though she never used the first term and disavowed any connection to the second.--fourth article
Rand also said in the same article that you quoted, "I’ve read nothing by a Libertarian...that wasn’t my ideas badly mishandled—i.e., had the teeth pulled out of them—with no credit given."--fourth article
Just for clarity, let's reexamine that last quote, "I’ve read nothing by a Libertarian that wasn’t my ideas" She was admitting that her ideas were root of what was being written by Libertarian authors--she claimed to be the original author of their ideas.
Just for fun, try doing a Google search on the name Ayn Rand and the term libertarian. You might be surprised at the results.
If you're a serious analyst, you might also be interested in Wiki's definition of minarchism and libertarianism. Read a lot like Objectivism, don't they?
I only concerned myself with the second article as that came straight from the horses mouth.
Also if you explore the link on my profile you will find, to your disappointment, that Ayn Rand considered Libertarians among her most deplored enemies. I believe the exact phrase she used to describe them was "scum".
As I had said before, I don't want to reduce to name calling and I was merely making an observation of the Libertarians that I know personally which are less than ten people.
I should also point out that she had repeatedly denounced Libertarians for invoking her name to advance their agenda.
I only concerned myself with the second article as that came straight from the horses mouth.
Also if you explore the link on my profile you will find, to your disappointment, that Ayn Rand considered Libertarians among her most deplored enemies. I believe the exact phrase she used to describe them was "scum".
As I had said before, I don't want to reduce to name calling and I was merely making an observation of the Libertarians that I know personally which are less than ten people.
I should also point out that she had repeatedly denounced Libertarians for invoking her name to advance their agenda.