They try so hard to convince everyone "SHE'S WRONG!" that they don't even realize they actually agree with her.
Seeing Rand so misunderstood, mis-categorized, and all around misrepresented is just painful. The worst is when they go so far as to attribute ideas to Rand that are actually antithetical just so they can reinforce their arguments against her. They try so hard to convince everyone "SHE'S WRONG!" that they don't even realize they actually agree with her.
"... it seems Rand means readers to conclude that threats and violence are permissible against people who don’t share her vision of economic policy."
"... it seems Rand means readers to conclude that threats and violence are permissible against people who don’t share her vision of economic policy."
Lack of this attention would worry me more.
Unfortunately, all that comes to mind is WOW. YECCCHHH.
Get it away from me.
EEEEEUUUU!!
Now where did I leave my 10mil magnum ammo? But what if it splashes on me, and I get infected, and the Producers have to draw lots to see who'll put me down?
Oh, wow.
To this day, I have yet to read criticism of Rand or Atlas without some glaring flaw in their understanding of her message.
Now though, I just laugh it off. Suffering is unimportant, right? They will destroy themselves, in their 'soul', by refusing to investigate her ideas adequately.