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MADem

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12. For some there's the "atheist" angle--he may have been going for the "opposite of religion" thing.

Reply to Kennah (Reply #7)

Sun Dec 2, 2012, 01:25 PM

Dec 2012

I guess he decided to go for "wild sexy" as opposed to "greedy godless" ... or something.

Republicans, though, seem to approach Ayn Rand the same way some bored suburbanites approach the 50 Shades franchise...

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