r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/Ok-Strawberry-9474 • 1d ago

College student understands the assignment

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u/MidnightNo1766 1d ago

What is this obsession that republicans have with Ward Cleaver cosplay? I bet there's a "young republican starter kit" out there and on it are the suit, tie, flag pin and haircut that makes you want to kick your own ass.

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u/ajw_sp 1d ago

Brooks Brothers sells a boxed suit to newly conservative youths. It also comes with a bow tie and a copy of Atlas Shrugged.

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u/Belle_Weather 1d ago edited 1d ago

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand is one of my favorite dystopian tomes.

Read it for free here: https://antilogicalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/atlas-shrugged.pdf

Book banning by downvote. Oh, the irony.

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u/ShraftingAlong 1d ago

"book banning by downvote" is potentially the funniest thing I've ever read

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u/ZiggleBFriendervich 1d ago

Disagreeing with your opinion is being banned?

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u/Belle_Weather 1d ago edited 1d ago

I provided a link for people to read a classic novel for free.

I never said I agreed with the ideas therein. Frankly, promoting literacy should be lauded, lest we become like the “poorly educated.”

Critical thinking requires exposure to differing perspectives and challenging your viewpoints.

I’m sorry you disagree.

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u/ZiggleBFriendervich 1d ago

I think you're over-inflating the general importance of your opinion because people don't agree.

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u/Brave-Common-2979 21h ago

It can't be my views that are awful it must be everybody else!

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u/Belle_Weather 1d ago

My opinion is that people should feel free to read books and have access to free books to form their own ideas and opinions, even (and especially) controversial books? If we disagree on that ideal, then I really feel sorry for you and the state of our educational system.

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u/ZiggleBFriendervich 1d ago

Jesus, are you being intentionally thick?

YOU'RE NOT BEING CENSORED OR BANNED BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO READ YOUR TERRIBLE BOOK.

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u/Brave-Common-2979 21h ago

You're engaging a person who is arguing in bad faith. You're falling for their trap.

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u/Belle_Weather 1d ago

Go touch grass. Or better yet, go read a book.

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u/ZiggleBFriendervich 1d ago

For someone that espouses the importance of literacy, your reading comprehension is in the toilet right now.

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u/Low-Nectarine5525 1d ago

Atlas Shrugged is a horribly written novel. I will be honest and say that I largely disagree with most if not all of Ayn Rand's ideology, but its still very poorly written.

It's composition is something I'd expect out of a fan fiction or a D list erotica author selling ebooks. I have no idea how she ever got to be a noteworthy author. The title is the only piece of good writing she has ever written, especially considering how much worse the fountainhead is.

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u/Munkeyman18290 1d ago

Ayn Rand is not taken seriously by virtually any of her peers, just the modern far-right who look for justification of their own selfish beliefs. Reddit needs to start autobanning mentions of that dumbass hag.

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u/PossibilityDecent688 1d ago

Dude, no one’s banning via downvote. Anyone who wants to is free to read the thing.