I didn’t call it out because I’m not at all familiar with Rand’s philosophy, and while Sophronius’s characterization does read like a caricature, it’s a caricature that is pretty common in the (primarily left-wing) circles I frequent.
I would have appreciated your call-out a lot more if you had explained what is wrong with Sophronius’s description, rather than immediately ascending to the meta level.
it’s a caricature that is pretty common in the (primarily left-wing) circles I frequent.
Shouldn’t that give you pause? Give left wing people pause?
There is a general pattern on the left of attributing evil motives to their opponents as opposed to understanding their positions. (A comment supported by Haidt’s research). But Rand, in not just disagreeing but rejecting the moral premises of the left, seems to have made herself their absolute bogeyman. I can’t think of anyone who receives the same level of lasting hatred and abuse, and most all of it displaying a complete ignorance of what she said, with the latest here a glaring case in point.
I didn’t explain further about Objectivism because you shouldn’t need to know the details to recognize this as a drive by character assassination, and it seems you didn’t.
And yes, it happens all the time in some circles. Isn’t that all the more reason to point it out?
I didn’t call it out because I’m not at all familiar with Rand’s philosophy, and while Sophronius’s characterization does read like a caricature, it’s a caricature that is pretty common in the (primarily left-wing) circles I frequent.
I would have appreciated your call-out a lot more if you had explained what is wrong with Sophronius’s description, rather than immediately ascending to the meta level.
Shouldn’t that give you pause? Give left wing people pause?
There is a general pattern on the left of attributing evil motives to their opponents as opposed to understanding their positions. (A comment supported by Haidt’s research). But Rand, in not just disagreeing but rejecting the moral premises of the left, seems to have made herself their absolute bogeyman. I can’t think of anyone who receives the same level of lasting hatred and abuse, and most all of it displaying a complete ignorance of what she said, with the latest here a glaring case in point.
I didn’t explain further about Objectivism because you shouldn’t need to know the details to recognize this as a drive by character assassination, and it seems you didn’t.
And yes, it happens all the time in some circles. Isn’t that all the more reason to point it out?