Comments on: ATLAS SHRIEKED: Ayn Rand’s First Love and Mentor Was A Sadistic Serial Killer Who Dismembered Little Girls

By: Equality 7-2521

Equality 7-2521 — Fri, 10 May 2013 23:06:15 +0000

Can I write a comment in favor of Atlas while still wearing my Spock Convention ears, or must I take them off? Nanu-nanu!

By: Equality 7-2521

Equality 7-2521 — Fri, 10 May 2013 22:56:44 +0000

Sounds like I’m a commentard trolling your site. Must mean that I’m one of Ayn Rand’s superheroes.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:10:08 +0000

Someone asked, and the apartment building this happened in was at 1170 Bellevue Street over by Dodger Stadium. It was specifically apt. 315. I believe the place has been turned into condos since, according to some of the online true crime sites.

Good luck; hope it’s not your place!

By: JohnR

JohnR — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 01:51:29 +0000

So check this…Jews invented Marxism AND Liberterianism. YOu know why? That’s simple: because they are JEWZ-E and they get to be CHEW-Z. Ana Rosenbaum is her name another deceptive tribe member, what a horrifying writer and subverter. Chris as far as Communism goes it’s not that hard to figure out. Karl Marx = Moses Mordecai Levy. “The Communist soul is the soul of Judaism. Hence it follows that, just as in the Russian revolution the triumph of Communism was the triumph of Judaism, so also in the triumph of fascism will triumph Judaism.” (A Program for the Jews and Humanity, Rabbi Harry Waton, p. 143-144).

By: thor

thor — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 02:03:49 +0000

Ad hominem attack me please. I need it.

By: Bruce Majors

Bruce Majors — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:12:53 +0000

What sad little feces you are. FYI: this is my son, “Reason”: http://reason.com/blog/2012/12/04/donate-to-reason-because-for-a-baby-name

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:40:28 +0000

Shouldn’t you be concerned that this bit of universally available self-embarrassment can be refuted… simply by reading what Rand actually wrote, which is also universally available? I bet you’re concerned. If I was not an Ayn Rand groupie, I’d be concerned too.

By: chris

chris — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:23:46 +0000

Then why not blame Russian socialism for the creation of Ayn Rand monster?

By: Bunny

Bunny — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:38:12 +0000

The concept of each man for himself can make sense in certain situations, but I believe that most people are hard-wired to look out for one another. I’ve lived in socialised countries and it’s great to know that, no matter how rich or poor someone may be, everyone has access to the same healthcare.

I’m considered upper-middle class, and don’t mind if my taxes increase provided that they go toward ensuring that needy children don’t go without seeing the doctor, and that there’s plenty of food and shelter for the homeless. Isn’t that why we have a society, so that we’re not lone wolves? To me, caring for one another is our greatest strength, and most certainly isn’t a weakness.

By: dr. Corbet

dr. Corbet — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 04:30:17 +0000

ea…art is selfishness? wow. there are selfish people in every pursuit. then there are devouted artists who give up so-called money or power career options in the pursuit of the art itself. why? because they believe they are contributing to their culture, to the goodness of the community, to the art itself. they are one with humanity by serving their art and spend every creative second to that path. these artists are kind and loving, giving individuals who teach and sacrifice for others…far from the Rand philosophy. very very far.

By: SW

SW — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:07:48 +0000

@EA: You say “We are born and die alone– why not live out the space between in pursuit of singular, transcendental greatness?”

It is the definition of singular, transcendental greatness that is the subject of debate. If greatness means the ability to accumulate large sums of money, then the leaders of drug cartels, murderous dictatorial tyrants and lottery winners would all be deemed so.

I have read all Ayn Rand’s writings and the best of her philosophy is that an artist needs to create according to their own voice. That does not mean all art is “good”, likeable or even a great achievement. It does mean people viewing the art are required to think, and in my mind that is a good thing.

After many additional years of living, I have come to understand while there is such a thing as an absolute, e.g.: death, the indifference of the planet to the survivial of our own (or any) species; it does not logically follow that hard work, intelligence and talent lead one to a life of fabulous income, power and independence.

If the government does not understand that ensuring our most vulnerable people do not fall into lives of unrelenting poverty and illness… we are lost. Desperate circumstances create panic and that is the exact opposite of rational thought processes.

The US is slowing disintegrating under the weight of economic decline, yet the loudest, most vociferous voices are those clamouring for rollback of healthcare. These are not rational, disinterested minds, they are emotionally overwrought misanthropes.

By: EA

EA — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:08:41 +0000

And as for the article. Of course, I am a Randroid cultist who grew up a teased nerd and wanted revenge on the world, just like Ayn did.

By: EA

EA — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:05:32 +0000

Ayn Rand’s philosophies are the articulations of what I’ve believed all along. We are born and die alone– why not live out the space between in pursuit of singular, transcendental greatness? The world’s greatest thinkers and artists have frequently been selfish, cruel people.

Writing or creating art is one of the most selfish acts imaginable to begin with. The pure indulgence of an individual’s thought processes, the realization of them and materialization of them isn’t a philanthropic venture.

It’s every man for himself. Or woman, in my own case.

AEC: PRESERVED IN ITS ENTIRETY IN THE NAME OF KNOWLEDGE AND SCHOLARSHIP. ONE DAY, THE MYSTERIES OF THE AYN RAND TROLL WILL BE UNMASKED. CHANCES ARE THEY ARE LOCKED AWAY IN A NEW MEDIA STRATEGIES TROLL DUNGEON.

By: haha

haha — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:58:42 +0000

Notice how Hickman used to kill only girls and defenseless old men, that’s cuz he was too much of a pussy to take on someone his own size, i don’t call that a sociopath i call that a fucking pussy and for Rand there’ll always be some retarded masochistic bitch to worship pussies like Hickman.

By: Simon Evans

Simon Evans — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:05:05 +0000

Dorothy Parker said (of ‘Atlas’: ‘Should not be dismissed lightly but thrown out of the window with great force’ – you get any more succint than that.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:15:35 +0000

And the comments are still going strong! Like right above me is NUnya saying “It’s not true! Reality’s not true!” and Ben trotting out the old Obama-Ayers meme. Both are the same person – a fucking imbecile. Because Ayers is now a tame academic – the favorite enemy of petty morons with no balls.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:03:20 +0000

And Obama has a thing for domestic terrorist murderers like Bill Ayers, but I don’t see you cringing from that association. People with good ideas can also have bad ideas.

By: NUnya

NUnya — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:59:08 +0000

Really? This is a horrible opinion piece. No where does she say she admires these people, you are reading to far into it with a bias. She is right, majority rule is not freedom. But I digress, you wont learn until you attempt to take over and are defeated. Soundly.

By: James Bowery

James Bowery — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:25:58 +0000

While a house guest, Robert Anton Wilson brought up Ayn Rand’s writings in the context of libertarian thought. I simply mused: “Ah, Ayn Rand. Literature for the thinking sociopath!” RAW found that highly amusing.

By: lol

lol — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:16:19 +0000

LOL! Rands a piker on the serial killer worship! Commies prefer their murder wholesale, thousands and millions at a time. Hitler was a National SOCIALIST, the Bolshies killed millions, Pol Pot, Mao, Stalin. We have Sanger, the eugenic founder of the lefts beloved Planned Parenthood responsible for the abortion holocaust and you are outraged at Rands strange fixation on this killers amorality. You can’t GIVE people healthcare, it COSTS money, unless you propose SLAVERY.