humanities.philosophy.objectivism

On Apr 11, 9:59 am, Agent Cooper wrote:

>
> The odd thing is that there are self-styled Objectivists who aren't
> yet hip to the fact that the Republican Party, now and even more so in
> its next administration's incarnation, does not stand for one single
> value that Objectivism represents anymore. I can only attribute denial
> of this to the natural human propensity to think in teams instead of
> principles, and the desire to believe that one's values have some
> degree of meaningful realization in the real world. But when did
> believing something because you *wish* it were true even when it
> obviously isn't become "Objectivism"?...

And the truth be known, my defense of Obama is in no way an expression
of party loyalty, or that he is the "best democrat"; It's a
partnership of convenience for me, to counterbalance the excesses of
the GOP. I'll keep that under my hat at the local party meetups,
though.