tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post5923184629285527096..comments2023-09-25T04:26:51.568-06:00Comments on The Barefoot Bum: The narrative of purityLarry Hamelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-78784417807873290232010-01-26T21:43:57.461-07:002010-01-26T21:43:57.461-07:00There's no doubt that Rand's failings as a...There's no doubt that Rand's failings as a philosopher are exceeded only by her incompetence as a novelist.<br /><br />But I read every fucking word of that miserable book, and I'm going to get some mileage out of it. And I read it so you don't have to.<br /><br />I also realized, as I was reading that miserable book, that if I thought it was good, I would become a Republican. Hence I believe that it is of great value in understanding the Republican mindset, especially at the highest levels.Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-27147700824336806052010-01-26T19:47:14.749-07:002010-01-26T19:47:14.749-07:00Rand is fucking horrible. Forgetting about her rid...Rand is fucking horrible. Forgetting about her ridiculous juvenile boy wank fantasy "philosophy", her writing is absolutely abysmal.Comrade PhysioProfhttp://physioprof.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-85486404706883654332010-01-25T21:22:43.544-07:002010-01-25T21:22:43.544-07:00I have read almost no Rand, and the more analysis ...I have read almost no Rand, and the more analysis of her writing (and biography), the less I want to. She sounds like the a bad author personified, and she created a lone, long list of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Sue" rel="nofollow">Mary Sue</a>s.The Vicarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-21908532661535894382010-01-25T19:37:27.207-07:002010-01-25T19:37:27.207-07:00Rand's purity narrative also plays into the el...Rand's purity narrative also plays into the eliminationist fantasies of the gibbering douchebags who think of themselves as Randian supermen who will laugh and have all the women after their defective weak nemeses are all destroyed.Comrade PhysioProfhttp://physioprof.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com