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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumswhen more than half of repub voters think dumpster is greater than Abe - the cult just must be
fucking with us, right? "hey, here's how to drive liberals REALLY crazy - let's dis Lincoln!"
Seriously....this is simply an alternative reality that few if any of us thought we would ever see. It just tells me that the cult is gonzo - unreachable - brains (brains?? what brains??) totally fried.
How much crazier can it get??? I guess we just have to wait and see what tomorrow brings, because that's how they've rolled - each day more nuts than the previous.....
Laugh or cry?
bamagal62
(3,270 posts)Who Abraham Lincoln is??? Nah...they are part of a cult.
lapfog_1
(29,228 posts)have switched places in the last 100 years.
The racists are now Republican... and Lincoln (from now Democratic Illinois) freed the slaves.
Of course they think Trump is greater than Abe.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Apparently 50% of repubes (roughly 1/4 of Americans) are full-on racists. Well, I guess we already knew that by now, didn't we?
The only remaining question is, why are 25% of Americans--demonstrably the stupidest Americans, mind you--controlling everything?
rampartc
(5,439 posts)no republican could be elected to a school board or town council anywhere without them.
TheBlackAdder
(28,227 posts).
Morally, Objectivism advocates the virtues of rational self-interestvirtues such as independent thinking, productiveness, justice, honesty, and self-responsibility. Culturally, Objectivism advocates scientific advancement, industrial progress, objective (as opposed to progressive or faith-based) education, romantic artand, above all, reverence for the faculty that makes all such values possible: reason. Politically, Objectivism advocates pure, laissez-faire capitalismthe social system of individual rights and strictly limited governmentalong with the whole moral and philosophical structure on which it depends.
Rand described Objectivism as a philosophy for living on earth. The reason why it is a philosophy for living on Earth is that its every principle is derived from the observable facts of reality and the demonstrable requirements of human life and happiness.
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Objectivism holds that reality is an absolutethat facts are facts, regardless of anyones hopes, fears, or desires. There is a world independent of our minds to which our thinking must correspond if our ideas are to be true and therefore of practical use in living our lives, pursuing our values, and protecting our rights.
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Objectivism holds that reasonthe faculty that operates by way of observation and logicis mans means of knowledge. Man gains knowledge by perceiving reality with his five senses, forming concepts and principles on the basis of what he perceives, checking his ideas for consistency with reality, and correcting any contradictions he discovers in his thinking. This is how scientists discover facts in their various fields, from the principles of agriculture to the existence of atoms to the structure of DNA; it is how inventors and engineers design life-enhancing machines and devices, from automobiles to heart pumps to MP3 players; it is how businessmen establish ways to produce and deliver goods and services, from refrigerators to movies to wireless Internet access; it is how doctors diagnose and cure (or treat) diseases, from polio to sickle cell anemia to breast cancer; it is how children learn language, math, and manners; it is how philosophers discover the nature of the universe, the nature of man, and the proper principles of morality, politics, and esthetics. Reason is the means by which everyone learns about the world, himself, and his needs. Human knowledgeall human knowledgeis a product of perceptual observation and logical inference therefrom.
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Objectivism holds that man has free willthe ability to think or not to think, to use reason or not to use it, to go by facts or to go by feelings. A person does not have to use reason; the choice is his to make. Whatever an individuals choice, however, the fact remains that man is the rational animal; reason is his only means of knowledge and therefore his basic means of survival. A person who refuses to use reason cannot live and flourish.
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Objectivism holds that the purpose of morality is to provide people with principled guidance for living and achieving happiness on earth. The proper standard of moral value is mans lifemeaning: the factual requirements of his life as set by his nature. And because human beings are individuals, each with his own body, his own mind, his own life, this standard pertains to human beings as individuals (not as cogs in a utilitarian collective). According to this principle, the good is that which supports or promotes an individuals life; the evil is that which retards or destroys it. Being moral consists in taking the actions necessary to sustain and further ones lifeactions such as thinking rationally and planning for the future, being honest and having integrity, producing goods or services and trading them with others, judging people rationally (according to the relevant facts) and treating them accordingly, and so on. In a word, Objectivism holds that being moral consists in being rationally selfish or egoistic.
https://www.theobjectivestandard.com/what-is-objectivism/
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dchill
(38,559 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,227 posts)Garrett78
(10,721 posts)It's long been clear that the average Republican is batshit crazy or just stunningly ignorant.
A prime example is the 2013 survey of Louisiana Republicans that revealed more of them blame Obama than blame Bush for the response to Hurricane Katrina.
JHB
(37,163 posts)...Jefferson Davis?