re: #18 HappyWarrior

Well, this was interesting since when we discussed her in class, the people who said they were most attracted to her philosophy were also people who described themselves as religious. I myself have never seen the appeal of her philosophy. I mean I was seeing and reading her works when I was at my most radical left but the idea that charity and alturism are immoral is just disturbing as hell to me now as a more moderate left of center liberal as it was when I had socialist beliefs.

Not sure how the religious can support her, unless they really don’t understand her. OTOH, many religions put themselves above others in order to murder millions, so maybe there’s an odd connection there.

In the Donahue interview, she states that the disabled have no function in society and we shouldn’t bother trying to help them. They will never amount to anything of value because they have no value. Millions have been murdered under the same philosophy.