re: #272 wilburs

yeah

First and foremost it was the atheism, as at the time Christian Conservatism was being promoted.
Then the anti war stance, and then the general assholery.

there was a pretty good book by a historian at UVA that was published a year or two ago that went into this in some detail

Sounds interesting. It really is interested for me to hear conservatives say that they’re influenced by both Rand and the Bible. You saw it with Ryan until he realized he was being groomed and then he realized he couldn’t be seen as a Rand fan boy because I doubt they would want him answering questions about the less than savory parts of Rand’s philosophy namely the disdain for charity and religion.