*Snicker* *Snort*

[eumelia]

Is it funny, or sad that there's an Ayn Rand Club for Philosophy Students at my Uni and they're spamming the entire Humanities student body's email.
The first meeting is next Wedesnday.

Do I go and mock?
Or do I avoid the proto-fascist crazies?

Help me out dear friends.

I'm just... who would have thought? Randians on campus, and they could be anyone. Cooo! Maybe I should go and scope in order to know who to avoid for the rest of my academic career.
When I was a teenager I was a Randian, read all her books, felt that I was Smarter and More Capable than Thou... loved "The Selfish Ideal".
Then I finished adolescence.
Like may things Randinism is a phase.
How can people, students of high theory, philosophy and such actually consider this woman to be anything other than a stylish author!?
Digressing over.

So? Should I stay or should I go? *duh-na-na-na-naa*

Comments

[thecityofdis.livejournal.com]

Don't go. You wouldn't appreciate them showing up to your meetings with the intentions to mock and ridicule; don't do it to somebody else.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

No I wouldn't appreciate it, but I definitely understand the urge to go observe something you don't understand.
I don't plan on sitting in the middle of the room and snorting every time someone says something I find distasteful.
I'll leave that for my analysis later.
I've spoken to people who came to various groups of mine with the express attitude for disagreeing (and also to make fun of the naive little feminists/socialists/activits/what-have-you) and yeah it's not fun, but *shrug* it's not something I find personally offensive.

[thecityofdis.livejournal.com]

*shrug* As phrased in your post it didn't sound like observation for the sake of understanding was your goal.

I would find it offensive, and a waste of both your time and theirs. Your mileage, obviously, may vary.