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[[File:Ayn_Rand_-_Mike_Douglas_Show.jpg|thumb|Ayn Rand on the Mike Douglas Show. (Screenshot of YouTube video.)]]"'''All I am saying is give Rand a chance'''" is a short essay by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]]. | [[File:Ayn_Rand_-_Mike_Douglas_Show.jpg|thumb|Ayn Rand on the Mike Douglas Show. (Screenshot of YouTube video.)]]"'''All I am saying is give Rand a chance'''" is a short essay by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]]. | ||
== All I am saying is give Rand a | == All I am saying is give Rand a chance == | ||
Denounce and punish the Ayn Rand Institute for a variety of reasons. | |||
But you really need to give [[Ayn Rand (nonfiction)|Ayn Rand]] herself a chance. She is absolutely right about one thing — | |||
"You are never called up to prove a negative." | "You are never called up to prove a negative." | ||
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-kXok4tznU | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-kXok4tznU | ||
To my thinking, the weird quasi-incestuous love of violence which swirls around Rand's reputation emanates from her acolytes and admirers, who, having fed on her corpus these past forty years, now sweat a fermented Randian odor more scented by personal | To my thinking, the weird quasi-incestuous love of violence which swirls around Rand's reputation emanates from her acolytes and admirers, who, having fed on her corpus these past forty years since her death, now sweat a fermented post-Randian odor more scented by personal digestive processes than ''Randgeist''. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Revision as of 04:52, 29 December 2020
"All I am saying is give Rand a chance" is a short essay by Karl Jones.
All I am saying is give Rand a chance
Denounce and punish the Ayn Rand Institute for a variety of reasons.
But you really need to give Ayn Rand herself a chance. She is absolutely right about one thing —
"You are never called up to prove a negative."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-kXok4tznU
To my thinking, the weird quasi-incestuous love of violence which swirls around Rand's reputation emanates from her acolytes and admirers, who, having fed on her corpus these past forty years since her death, now sweat a fermented post-Randian odor more scented by personal digestive processes than Randgeist.
History
I wrote the essay on the morning of Tuesday, 29 December 2020, in a comment on Facebook.