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"Rand has also been noted for her pioneering work in the use of the Cut-Up technique, used to great effect in the speeches of Atlas Shrugged"  Is this really true?  I was reading about cut-up the other day and no mention of Rand was made.  It would certainly explain those speeches unreadability, however. [[User:Human|Human]] 22:18, 23 April 2007 (EDT)

: I think that whole paragraph is intended a joking criticism of her. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 22:43, 23 April 2007 (EDT)

::Got it. Thanks.  Of course.  Strangely, I saw the humor in the part about overcoming the writer's limitations, but not in the cut-up part - because I thought it was serious.  Hey, I don't mind people making fun of Rand, although it seems like poor sport, as she can't respond any more, but I wouldn't want this article to confuse someone about the history of cut-up techniques and history.  Maybe if the word "cut-up" was linked to an intermediary "that was a joke" page that then links to, say, William Burroughs, whoever inspired him, and perhaps even the Beatles (who used cut-up tapes on ''...Mr. Kite'' and ''Yellow Submarine'', at least).  or at least then to a page about cut-up.  Now, where was I reading about it?  Hopefully not on Wikipedia, that would all be liberal nonsense.  Maybe it was in a book review in [[The Nation]]? [[User:Human|Human]] 22:50, 23 April 2007 (EDT)
:::OK, I did the "intermediate page" thing, but it's a bad idea - pollutes the namespace.  I'll make it into a footnote and have a sysop delete the "just kidding" page. [[User:Human|Human]] 23:12, 23 April 2007 (EDT)

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If we’re going to have an external link to the Ayn Rand Institute, then we should have one to [http://www.ARIwatch.com ARI Watch], otherwise people will get the impression Ayn Rand was a complete idiot. —  Mark

== No mention of her Athiesm? ==

Hey Andy, I hope you know that Ayn Rand was also an atheist. You seem to despise them on this site's Atheism page, but it's all praise for an atheist as long as they agree with you on political issues? I dont know man, seems like hipocracy to me. Not to mention that while she was an intelligent woman, she was also a dispiciple one and promoted selfishism. Being a Christian is about being Christ-like and Jesus was FAR from selfish or "objective". I sincerly hope that this doesnt get me blocked for whatever reason. And yes, I'm liberal but also a Christian. I geniunely want to hear your thoughts on this issue Peace & Love. B.Jerome

:Your spelling is atrocious.  But please do add your insights about atheism and Ayn Rand, if you can substantiate them.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 23:11, 30 June 2009 (EDT)

== Her liberal viewpoints ==

Although they are mentioned later on in the article, her liberal views on abortion, gay marriage, etc. should be more prominently displayed, preferably in the article's intro. This would be, at the least, keeping with the general format I've seen for articles on liberal people, or people who happen to have liberal views. Also, why are her works listed on the Main Page as if they are useful to the average conservative reader? A work, no matter how "conservative" the tone, or message, if written by a liberal, should not be promoted. If anything, I wonder if that makes it even more...suspicious, that she wrote it that way. [[User:AliceCurtis|AliceCurtis]] 15:32, 4 July 2009 (EDT)