Jon Letendre Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 On 3/4/2020 at 12:11 PM, Jon Letendre said: When she is joined on stage by “the living Frank O’Connor,” will there then be some cult of personality? No answers. so I take it that there is no quantity of pretending to be Ayn Rand and/or her dead associates that can rise the level where it is fair to say, “That promotes cult of personality.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Letendre Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Ethan Epstein did not misrepresent Ayn Rand’s message when he said Killery was Rand-like for emphasizing that she vastly won in high-GDP areas of the country. Many of her readers, even her hero Ludwig Von Mises, find the same message in her work. They find it there because it is there. No quantity of mental gymnastics will change it. No quantity of laughs will make it go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 Yeah, right Jon. There's no difference between James Taggart and his crowd and Hank Rearden and his crowd, huh? No difference between the influence of Hillary Clinton and the influence of Ayn Rand because their fans are people with money. Gimmee a break. Let's mock some more. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Letendre Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 It is still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Jon Letendre said: It is still there. You mean the voices in your head? (That was too well set up to resist. ) Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Letendre Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 10 minutes ago, Michael Stuart Kelly said: Yeah, right Jon. There's no difference between James Taggart and his crowd and Hank Rearden and his crowd, huh? No difference between the influence of Hillary Clinton and the influence of Ayn Rand because their fans are people with money. Gimmee a break. Let's mock some more. Michael Would you entertain me with an explanation of this mental gymnastic? You seem to say that to correctly identify a message Rand put in her work is to equate Jim with Hank and Hillary with Ayn? Please expand until coherent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Jon Letendre said: Would you entertain me with an explanation of this mental gymnastic? I might when you start talking ideas and stop the horseshit. I have no interest in talking to you when you get like that. It's like talking to a goddam drunk. And I should know because I used to be one. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Letendre Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 6 minutes ago, Michael Stuart Kelly said: You mean the voices in your head? (That was too well set up to resist. ) Michael When do I get to make reference to the destruction of your mind from years of drug abuse? It seems you’ve opened that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 Let's mock some more. Who needs ideas? This is fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, Jon Letendre said: When do I get to make reference to the destruction of your mind from years of drug abuse? It seems you’ve opened that up. Now he's a medical doctor. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Letendre Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 I am talking ideas. Ethan Epstein got Ayn Rand’s idea correct, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Letendre Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 and you are the psychologist for the voices in my head? You can’t take responsibility for anything, can you? Talk ideas, like you say you want to, and stop the insults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Jon Letendre said: I am talking ideas. Ethan Epstein got Ayn Rand’s idea correct, If you say so. yawn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Letendre Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Michael Stuart Kelly said: If you say so. yawn... Immediately, you take a pass on talking ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Jon Letendre said: and you are the psychologist for the voices in my head? You can’t take responsibility for anything, can you? Talk ideas, like you say you want to, and stop the insults. It was a quip. It was a quip. Not this horseshit that you do. Anyway, I'm not the poo-poo head. You're the poo-poo head. (As long as we're talking ideas... ) Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Jon Letendre said: Immediately, you take a pass on talking ideas. With you--when you are acting like a horse's ass and not talking ideas, damn right I'll take a pass. You don't know how to argue an idea. You just know how to mock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Letendre Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Your long-ago drug-corroded mind was just a quip, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 Just now, Jon Letendre said: Your long-ago drug-corroded mind was just a quip, too. A friendly poke in the ribs? Nah. You play a competitive mind game and I've seen you play it more than many times. It's boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 Besides, I'm not the poo-poo head. You're the poo-poo head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Letendre Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Boring, right. Especially when you are so plainly wrong and lack the dignity to correct yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Jon Letendre said: Boring, right. Especially when you are so plainly wrong and lack the dignity to correct yourself. You mean I'm the poo-poo head? No. That's wrong. You're the poo-poo head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Letendre Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 “A friendly poke in the ribs.” My reference to your intentionally shriveled brain is every bit as “friendly” as you know I will receive “voices in your head.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 Just now, Jon Letendre said: My reference to your intentionally shriveled brain is every bit as “friendly” as you know I will receive “voices in your head.” You keep getting it wrong. I'm not the poo-poo head. You're the poo-poo head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Letendre Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 No, you are the self-described “traffic cop” who doesn’t allow correcting you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Jon Letendre said: No, you are the self-described “traffic cop” who doesn’t allow correcting you. Nope. I'm still not the poo-poo head. You're the poo-poo head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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