Don't look now, but (to paraphrase a caption from a wonderful "National Lampoon" cartoon from about 30 years ago).....
".... would ya look at the two a**holes on that elephant!"
(Whereupon the two guys riding the elephant, got off, and were last seen scratching their heads' whilst peering intently under the elephant's tail.....)
The only threads I can think of that bring out more whackos than Ayn Rand are the Civil War, Evolution, and libertarianism.