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alp227

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13. You know what is really surprising? He's a libertarian!

Reply to gratuitous (Reply #10)

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 04:24 PM

Mar 2012

And we all know the narcissism inherent in that ideology. See also Ayn Rand lionizing William Edward Hickman. Also, Sowell served in the Marines, so I speculate he was recalling a moment from his military service. I doubt he would have done so as a civilian.

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You know what is really surprising? He's a libertarian! alp227 Mar 2012 #13

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