Death of a Libertarian

Posted by Maphesdus 11 years, 5 months ago to Politics
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I thought this was a really good article, and it effectively sums up the biggest issue I have with Ayn Rand's philosophy.

READ ARTICLE: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brynn-tann...

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  • Posted by $ MikeMarotta 11 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Well, we differ there. I would not patronize the photographers because their values are inimical to mine. In this case, though, the legal remedies are wrongfully in place.
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  • Posted by Dargo 11 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You missed it completely. I am sick of the LGBT shoving it our face all the time.I know a guy that wanted a white male straight proud pararad and the permit was denied.
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I thought that would be a bra commercial....and Rich would pop his head in and say he's a leftie...I mean a righty.
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  • Posted by sfdi1947 11 years, 5 months ago
    When one examines Tannehill's theorem and her charts one realizes that she's not a libertarian, she's a socialist. Personally, as a conservative leaning libertarian, I choose not to assign a philosophy to Ayn Rand, I was a child when she passed, and I did not know her, I only know that I hold her ethic, as deposed in her writings, as valid and successful, and that the dependence formed of socialism is detrimental to society.
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    dis·crim·i·nate
    disˈkriməˌnāt/
    verb
    verb: discriminate; 3rd person present: discriminates; past tense: discriminated; past participle: discriminated; gerund or present participle: discriminating

    1.
    recognize a distinction; differentiate.
    "babies can discriminate between different facial expressions of emotion"
    synonyms: differentiate, distinguish, draw a distinction, tell the difference, tell apart;
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  • Posted by khalling 11 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I'm with you morally. I am against your choice of force. quit dinging me. i am basically nice and supportive
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Well...you're on a roll tonight.
    Sigh... how did what I say get twisted into inappropriate attire for public... I was strictly talking about principles....I don't leave the house without them.
    Everything else you just said...I agree with. Get dressed for God's sake! (Stop picking up, or dropping off, your kids at school in your striped flannel pajama pants and comb that rat's nest of a knotted mess on your head too.)
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 11 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    people are different from "general public"?
    What makes up "general public"? Giraffes?
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 11 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Because money can be power. It's certainly more power than abject poverty.

    I can be more effective fighting for what I believe in with a roof over my head and food in my belly than by taking a principled stand against Walmart/Target/Best Buy.YouNameTheBigEmployer.

    Hank Rearden had the *luxury* of having already become a billionaire before fighting the powers that be. When Dagny had had enough, she had her family's cabin in the woods (which they used apparently to "rough it" pretending to live as poor people did, for a few weeks at a time). She didn't have to worry about where her next meal was going to come from.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 11 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    " I am me whether I'm at home or in public."

    THAT sums up, in my opinion, a large part of what's wrong with the U.S. today.

    When you are at home, feel free to dance around in your underwear. When you are in public... dress and behave appropriately!

    I'm tired of seeing these human cattle wallowing into Walmart in a hoodie, pajama bottoms and flip-flips in 30 degree weather.

    I'm tired of people behaving as though they are either in their home, or we are all family, in public. Yes, I poop too; doesn't mean I want any knowledge of your evacuation habits.

    I lust for a return to Victorian days, where you didn't even go out the front door without a hat and proper dress. Or even just back to the 50s-60s where mom wouldn't let you go out to school unless your jeans were whole and clean, your shirt was button-down and tucked in, and your hair was combed, even if that included mom-spit holding the cowlick down (if you were a boy; if you were a girl, it was a (clean! whole!) dress or blouse-and-skirt so that boys knew you were one of the people they're not allowed to roughhouse with).

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  • Posted by $ Hiraghm 11 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "while the public sphere is any institution which is part of the government."

    Fixed it for you.
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  • Posted by Rozar 11 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Maybe, to be fair, everyone should take a fitness test and the assign a parking space to all levels of fitness so the more fit you are the further you have to walk. That's fair right?
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I think you're "sphere" needs to be popped with a big sharp needle. I am me whether I'm at home or in public...I'm not going to change because some boob made a law positioned to intimidate. Individuals are individuals who have principles no matter WHERE they are and shouldn't be told they HAVE to put up others they find offensive. (This goes for me, this goes for you...) This conversation has gotten to the point of ridiculous. Private and public spheres... where do you learn this shit? (Runnin' to the store...I better put my public mask on now.. ugh)
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  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 11 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You're confusing the public sphere with the private sphere. You're perfectly within your right to discriminate in the private sphere, but not in the public sphere.

    To be clear, the private sphere is your personal life, such as your home, your friends, your family, and so forth, while the public sphere is any institution which is a business, a school, or part of the government. You can discriminate all you like in your own private life, but to discriminate in the public sphere is to violate other people's rights.

    (By the way, your reference to Ted Bundy was a really, really bad example, and demonstrates that you don't actually understand what discrimination is or how it works.)
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Your argument sounds like you think you have the right to hold people captive...legally. (You HAVE to act like you want my business...cuz the law says so..if you don't I'll sue you..so ha!)
    And there is to a right to discriminate (screw whatever law you're going to bring up)...it saves lives if you're smart enough to not ignore it. Ted Bundy's would-be victims come to mind...the ones that said, "Hmmm something's not right here, you're creeping me out with that icky smile." And got away. Good thing they weren't concerned with offending him or hurting his feelings... (like maybe his victims were afraid to do when they're discriminatory radar went off.) You need a new word..."discriminate" isn't working. And neither does "racist" so throw that one out too.
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