What to Say When Someone Complains About Your ‘Anti-Social’ Attitude
Courtesy of Ayn Rand, Hank Rearden and page 39 of Atlas Shrugged.
February 7, 2013 - 12:00 pm
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Hank Rearden is my hero.
One must always be prepared to be a majority of 1.
Conversely, you should be prepared to be a minority of 1.
We are not ants, nor are we honey bees, nor are we any species of herd animal. We are individually self aware human beings. Self awareness brings with it certain responsibilities. Chief among them is the responsibility to do the right thng, even when that is not the popular thing or if doing the right thing puts you at odds with most everyone.
Sometimes, the right thing is simply to tell other folks to perform a physically impossible unnatural act upon themselves.
The Executive Summary: The stupid, it burns. You can’t cure stupid, and you don’t have to.
Well, if you want to know what to say to some pristine nanny type or an uptight prissy metrosexual pissing and moaning about your anti-social attitude, read Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer. It’s overflowing with FUs and the universal bane of all feminists, the C word. And its publication fifty years ago was approved by the Supreme Court for American literary consumption. The current politically correct prissy people in power grew up on Henry when they were out of power, so give them a taste of their rebellious youth with a big FU, C….
If I were anti-social, I wouldn’t be having a conversation with someone who’d call me anti-social. I’d be knocking him down, kicking him in the face, and stealing his wallet.
Looking out for yourself and your loved ones first is not anti-social. It’s basic biology. As a previous commenter stated, we are not ants.
One should always keep a wary eye on those who would alter our moral behavior through an inappropriate use of shame. I’m somewhat in disagreement with Mr. Reardon. I prefer the spoiling attack. Nothing is better than invoking shame in the opposite direction right as they’re prepared to deploy it on you. But, to each their own. Mr. Reardon’s approach will no doubt appeal to many.