Ayn Rand

Why do people hate her so much?  I mean, invoking her name in some circles is tanamount to summoning a demonic clone of hitler, or pissing in their face.  Even if you don't like her philosophy, which is very understandable, she was a good writer.  It just weird how hard the dividing line between people on her is.

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You can argue about the effect/values/drawbacks of selfishness until you turn blue in the face but your not addressing the issue. The real issue is weather or not selfishness and reason are the good and everything that goes against those two is the bad.

“I don't really understand how Atlas Shrugged could have possibly done any good, given people actually follow the ideas it sets forth. Perhaps it could have persuaded some people merely to get off their asses and try to make a difference. No, scratch that--I meant get off their asses and try to make something of themselves.”

You don’t consider that to be doing any good?