Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, Ed Snider Speech 2

Ed Snider Comcast Spectacor

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[elements201]

"Why don't we get a professor to replace you?" 5 stars.

[frthought]

I am curious to know what exactly it is that you think Objectivists don't "get"? Have you read any of Ayn Rand's books? With which specific tenets of her philosophy do you disagree?

[freedom5008]

@elements201 Ed Snider's retort to this professor is an example of what needs to be said to liberals - "in your face " comments like Mr. Snider's that pull no punches or follow the Republican Party rhetoric of wishy-washy compromise with socialism-communism.

[KeithMcElwain]

Who is John Gualt and what is he doing here?

[jonathasnyder]

@multiplemugs When you see a rich man next to a poor man your only thought is that the rich man could only get rich by abusing the poor man. The rich man has no weapons or tools to control the poor man, but in your view he clearly couldn't be rich on his own merit. You think life is a zero sum game where someone must lose something for someone else to gain something. Truth be told your wrong. People trading with people produces more value than existed before. Societies become rich through work.

[jonathasnyder]

@multiplemugs Your philosophy is one of closed mindedness which mandates that people live in a fantasy world where everyone is abused and thinking/success are the most evil things people can do. I advocate that people live in the real world and use their brain to think and to realize exactly what is wrong with the world. In your view the US got rich at the hands of others which is unlikely, in my view the US got rich by innovative means and a culture that celebrates individuals.

[jonathasnyder]

@multiplemugs If people in the US strive for eliminating corruption and find more efficient ways to produce goods and make money which results in them becoming wealthy by the standards of the world I do not see the evil. Perhaps what you consider evil is anyone including countries being successful or more successful than others. Is the man that works for a living and earns everything he got somehow evil because another man choose to ignore reality and sit on the curb all day?

[thebestsumoeva]

@multiplemugs I'm from Texas and I find life quite fine. I'd agree that with every stride the US takes to move away from Capitalism indeed conditions grow worse. The world has never scene the kind of move from impoverished to middle class and yet you sit there claiming we are all going to hell in a hand basket. If you can't look at the standard of living in the 1970's and compare it objectively to today then there is not much I can do for you.

[thebestsumoeva]

@Atombombmother He was being direct and calling him out for his bad philosophy. The philosopher was not making objective claims into the philosophy of Ayn Rand and was indeed providing unfounded criticism which anyone who has read Ayn Rand's ideas can easily refute. As a professor he should at least understand the topic he is criticizing but like many today he criticizes what he doesn't understand. The room was applauding for a man stating a fact which so many over look these days.

[Atombombmother]

@thebestsumoeva how many questions are you going to ask me? My point is this: this room applauds the idea that a rich person has a right to ask for the resignation of a professor despite the fact that this man has NOT educated himself enough to warrant making such decisions, despite the fact that academia is only as free as it is from the censorhip of wealthy patrons such as Ed Snider, and that he ONLY wants his resignation because he disagrees with the professors philosophy.

[thebestsumoeva]

@Atombombmother If only you'd have read Atlas Shrugged you would understand just how ignorant your comment is. Would you listen to him if he was a poor man? What if you were richer than he was? Is it not true that at the bottom of your philosophy you look up to poor people? That you want and yearn for poverty? Please do tell me just what exactly is wrong with this "rich guy" giving a speech.