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Question: Who was the worst?
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Strom Thurmond
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George Wallace
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Jesse Helms
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Orval Fabus
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Lester Maddox
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Eugene Talmadge
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Ayn Rand
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WilliamStone1776
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« on: November 13, 2017, 11:09:03 AM »
Discuss please
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« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2017, 07:51:55 PM »
Ayn Rand. Her base philosophy is good. I don't think the government should compel people to be good, but she claimed that humans shouldn't do good anyway, which makes her a selfish, shallow, evil person.

The rest were politicians of their time.
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« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2017, 08:39:31 PM »
So a bunch of segregationist southern politicians and Ayn Rand? I'm no fan of hers but I think she's better than Jesse Helms.
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« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2017, 08:53:44 PM »
Strom Thurmond ran against his party's nominee, fillibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1957, and later became a poweful Republican who did everything he could to hurt the Democrats and social liberalism, so he's the worst.
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« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2017, 10:07:28 PM »
Quote from: darklordoftech on November 13, 2017, 08:53:44 PM
Strom Thurmond ran against his party's nominee, fillibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1957, and later became a poweful Republican who did everything he could to hurt the Democrats and social liberalism, so he's the worst.

I was actually just thinking that if I was alive in 1948 I would have voted for Thurmond.
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« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2017, 09:45:27 PM »
Why is Ayn Rand in this list?
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« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2017, 10:42:39 PM »
Ayn Rand's literature continues to influence people today. I doubt many people are reading George Wallace's manifesto and using it to guide their political beliefs.
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« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2017, 08:50:12 AM »
Rand. Sturmond is second.
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« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2017, 11:21:37 AM »

I voted Thurmond, but this is a very compelling reason to vote Ayn Rand:
Quote from: HillGoose on November 13, 2017, 07:51:55 PM
Ayn Rand. Her base philosophy is good. I don't think the government should compel people to be good, but she claimed that humans shouldn't do good anyway, which makes her a selfish, shallow, evil person.

The rest were politicians of their time.
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« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2017, 12:11:55 PM »
Quote from: HillGoose on November 13, 2017, 07:51:55 PM
Ayn Rand. Her base philosophy is good. I don't think the government should compel people to be good, but she claimed that humans shouldn't do good anyway, which makes her a selfish, shallow, evil person.

The rest were politicians of their time.
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« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2017, 12:22:00 PM »
Objectivism is just as horrifying an "ideology" as Communism or National Socialism, so obviously Ayn Rand.
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« Reply #11 on: November 15, 2017, 12:34:08 PM »
Quote from: Santander on November 15, 2017, 12:22:00 PM
Objectivism is just as horrifying an "ideology" as Communism or National Socialism, so obviously Ayn Rand.

Agreed
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« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2017, 12:41:53 PM »
Fabus.
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« Reply #13 on: November 15, 2017, 01:56:58 PM »
« Edited: November 15, 2017, 01:58:39 PM by mvd10 »
I voted for Thurmond (could have been any of the 5 segregationists tbh), but I'm reconsidering my vote. I've read Atlas Shrugged and I actually liked it (even though Rand probably isn't the most talented writer, and the Übermensch thing was a bit creepy), but Rand herself made some deplorable comments about disabled and "subnormal" children. I think overall Rand had a positive influence on the world, but that mainly is because people didn't literally follow her philosophy. She loathed Reagan and Thatcher, and I'm glad no actual objectivist got in a position of power. For this she probably would have denounced me as a naive far-left dreamer or something like that, but whatever Tongue.
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« Reply #14 on: November 15, 2017, 03:50:40 PM »
Ayn Rand the rich 🅱️
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« Reply #15 on: November 15, 2017, 05:23:19 PM »
Probably the one who was impossibly corrupt and racist - Faubus.
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« Reply #16 on: November 15, 2017, 05:37:07 PM »
I picked the people at random
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« Reply #17 on: November 16, 2017, 09:56:52 AM »
The poll results are name recognition at work.
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« Reply #18 on: November 16, 2017, 12:28:58 PM »
i think it's weird George Wallace has gotten no votes
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« Reply #19 on: November 16, 2017, 12:29:46 PM »
Because he was a great man and a great governor.
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« Reply #20 on: November 16, 2017, 12:33:36 PM »
Point taken. I suspect that if Strom wasn't a poll option then Wallace would be getting more votes. Things would be different from this.

Strom Thurmond    16 (30.2%)
George Wallace    0 (0%)
Jesse Helms    6 (11.3%)
Orval Fabus    5 (9.4%)
Lester Maddox    1 (1.9%)
Eugene Talmadge    0 (0%)
Ayn Rand    25 (47.2%)
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« Reply #21 on: November 16, 2017, 12:35:44 PM »
Quote from: Southern Deputy Speaker/National Archivist TimTurner on November 16, 2017, 12:33:36 PM
Point taken. I suspect that if Strom wasn't a poll option then Wallace would be getting more votes. Things would be different from this.

Strom Thurmond    16 (30.2%)
George Wallace    0 (0%)
Jesse Helms    6 (11.3%)
Orval Fabus    5 (9.4%)
Lester Maddox    1 (1.9%)
Eugene Talmadge    0 (0%)
Ayn Rand    25 (47.2%)
Who did you vote for?
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« Reply #22 on: November 16, 2017, 12:37:34 PM »
Quote from: WilliamStone1776 on November 16, 2017, 12:35:44 PM
Quote from: Southern Deputy Speaker/National Archivist TimTurner on November 16, 2017, 12:33:36 PM
Point taken. I suspect that if Strom wasn't a poll option then Wallace would be getting more votes. Things would be different from this.

Strom Thurmond    16 (30.2%)
George Wallace    0 (0%)
Jesse Helms    6 (11.3%)
Orval Fabus    5 (9.4%)
Lester Maddox    1 (1.9%)
Eugene Talmadge    0 (0%)
Ayn Rand    25 (47.2%)
Who did you vote for?
Rand.
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