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Well, yes. Ayn Rand was opposed to make-work but not to valuable, real work. That said, it's baffling to specify that "Lying about Ayn Rand is not respectable…
by quadrangle 12y ago
Well, yes. Ayn Rand was opposed to make-work but not to valuable, real work.
That said, it's baffling to specify that "Lying about Ayn Rand is not respectable…" as though other sorts of lies are.
Attacking Rand in general is like attacking astrology. People attack it because too many others actually believe the bullshit nonsense that it is. Of course, it's pretty dumb to attack it for the wrong reasons like in this case. There's plenty of valid reasons to dismiss Rand's nonsense without needing to mis-characterize her views.
- javert 12y agoWhat do you think is wrong with Ayn Rand? I'm an extremely intelligent person, I've studied her work for many years, and I think she's right. And there are a lot of people like me, and the number is increasing. (I'm not making an argument from authority here; i.e., that is not an argument that she is right.) edit: And I take it for granted that lying is not generally acceptable. I didn't mean to imply that it's worse to lie about Ayn Rand than something else. another edit: And I don't mean to goad you into discussing this. If you say you don't want to get into a huge philosophical discussion, I'm not going to say "see, you don't have any argument" or some crap like that.