10 hours ago, dream_weaver said:
Perhaps in addition to the “In The News” thread, one devoted to answered criticisms be initiated?
We could give it a whole section (like “questions about Objectivism” only “criticisms of Objectivism”). That’d be useful across multiple levels.
Firstly, it’d give every pissed-off Marxist an obvious place to go, when they come here to pick a fight. All the old threads of that nature could get moved there, which would clear up a lot of clutter.
Secondly, anyone who can’t handle any serious criticism would learn to simply stay out of that section. Any Objectivist who came here to pick a fight could go straight there and have it out with the pissed-off Marxists.
Thirdly, I could see some entertainment value in that. With all of that compressed stoopid and a little bit of creativity…
I know there’s a section devoted to “critics of Objectivism” but that’d be a weird place to post your own criticisms (c’est moi!) and I don’t believe it’s ever been that active. Might a new name and a bit of reorganizing suffice?
The Horror File?
Please don’t misinterpret this as saying that Rand was never wrong about anything or that any problem anyone has with her is a priori invalid. On the contrary; I have problems with a few of her ideas. However, of all the criticisms that I’ve personally heard, upwards of 95% (at least) were obvious garbage, on their face.
And that which is epistemological garbage tends to be comedic gold.