Considering the personality cult that has risen around the woman, her personality is a fair target.
It’s like Limbaugh; he’s an execrable person. The Viagra incident alone casts doubt on his every word.
If a person is going to preach ethics, as the Randians claim she does, that person has to be immaculate.
And I doubt anyone on this forum has plodded more than ten pages into any of her awful writing. But it’s popular to say “She’s greeeeeeat!”
Claiming to read Hayek or even Rothbard doesn’t get one any pats on the back in peasant right-wing circles.
Call “lame” all you want. I’ll bet you don’t even know who Rothbard is. (Quick, to Wiki! “Murray Rothbard.”)
Still waiting for a rationale discussion of the main Rand ideas... I noticed you avoided that again. In fact, you attacked the messenger again.
This is a lame substitute for thinking.
That is a very eloquent defense of fallacious reasoning. Tell us more about Rothbard and Hayek. If we can find something about them that is distasteful, will it invalidate their views?
“If a person is going to preach ethics, as the Randians claim she does, that person has to be immaculate.”
Therefore the only human being that was, or ever will be, qualified to speak about ethics is Jesus Christ. OK, gotcha. Hence, ethics should never be discussed.
“It’s like Limbaugh; he’s an execrable person. The Viagra incident alone casts doubt on his every word.”
LOL
“And I doubt anyone on this forum has plodded more than ten pages into any of her awful writing.”
And you would be wrong.
I have read every word....and most of what you say is prattle
“Call “lame” all you want. I’ll bet you don’t even know who Rothbard is.”
Lew Rockwell seems to like him a lot.
Read all the way through The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Skimmed Anthem. I've read The Virtue of Selfishness, , and other works. I don't agree with everything Rand has to say, but I do agree with much of it, especially on capitalism and markets.
I’ve read Hayek, Rothbard (not my favorite), and Mises. My alma mater has Dr. Mises’s library.
Now, run to your search engine and search on “Mises” so you’re up to speed.
Just a stupid and offensive statement. You must be a "progressive."