Why Ayn Rand Disliked Homosexuality

Some thoughts on why Ayn Rand disliked homosexuality.

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[badnewswade]

Objectivism is NOT A REAL PHILOSOPHY. It is the self-serving credo of a shallow, mindless, asset-stripping ruling elite.

[XOmniverse]

@badnewswade What is a "real philosophy"?

[badnewswade]

@XOmniverse A real philosophy is one that asks real questions about the world and our place in it, not just a whinge for rich people who don't like paying tax. How shallow and self-serving can you be?

[XOmniverse]

@badnewswade Rand didn't just whine for rich people. If its your MO to believe that, then I have no ability to desire to convince you otherwise, but objectively it is a false claim.

[aaaaaaaars]

is the oldest trick in the book. It is impossible to me that Rand would have had something against homosexuality because she advocates logic ( the people that shout the hardest that you should'nt actually do use it themselves as well, but they want to take advantage of you). According to logic there is nothing immoral about homosexual practice in and of itself if two people enjoy it and engage in it voluntarily. It doesn't come much more clear cut. Even if all gay people in her life would have

[XOmniverse]

@aaaaaaaars A: That's his legal right, provided he is not forcing it on anyone. And therefore the idea that it's proper among consenting adults is the proper formulation legally. Morally it is immoral, and more than that, if you want my really sincere opinion, it is disgusting.

[nactan]

i think the choice/genetics debate has zero relevance to the morality of homosexuality. there's no reason to conclude that homosexuality is immoral even if it's a choice.

[MagisterPridgen]

@acustophile Ok. Your point?

[MagisterPridgen]

@MalyshevEvgeniy Then we agree. My point was that although there are natural things that are harmful and undesirable, whether or not people are sexually attracted to the same gender isn't among them. I could care less, so long as they don't try to force it on people of different persuasions.

[MalyshevEvgeniy]

@MagisterPridgen Ayn Rand certainly had lesbian inclinations judging by her idolization of the likes of Paula Negri.

[MalyshevEvgeniy]

@MagisterPridgen Undesirable to whom? For me personally it's a necessity dictated by nature. Wrong or right, It's what I am.

[MagisterPridgen]

@Esoparagon Ayn Rand made mistakes. So do you. So do I. Do you think Ayn Rand thought that she was perfect and error free? She was pretty smart, so I find it highly unlikely. Seems more like an attitude that would be prevalent among religious folk.

[MagisterPridgen]

@MalyshevEvgeniy Well there are certainly natural things that are harmful and undesirable. But people can't help how, when and with what attributes they are born and that certainly shouldn't be held against them. It's unjust to do so.

[MalyshevEvgeniy]

One doesn't have a choice to be born a homosexual so to dislike it would be the same as disliking nature.

[acustophile]

Good insight, Though I can't agree with rand on everything, the parts I take exception to are the more absolutist parts. All well put food for thought

[wunderaaron]

No Women has any riight to commet on the love between two men. Women have no right judging male male relationships. They are much stronger than any male/female relationship.