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To: Honey_Bee who wrote (489440)	6/1/2012 4:53:11 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793859

What little I read about Ayn Rand, made me think she was a liberal at heart. Am I wrong? Depends on your definition of a liberal. She was anti-big government and a staunch individualist. That makes her conservative in my book. But my understanding is that she was also not overly religious and perhaps didn't have the same views as some of the religious right might have toward monogamy and fidelity in relationships. Some might associate that with a liberal. Libertarian is probably the best description. Frankly, I see libertarians and objectivists and Ayn Rand as espousing modern versions of the philosophies put down on paper by our own founding fathers. We are talking about the philosophies that this country was founded on, not some brilliant new philosophy. Her insight was in the ability to get the point across in a non-political setting.