the 7th Avenue Gauntlet

Jimmy wrote: [quote=whynot_31][quote=ljnd]Or an Ayn Randian. Then they will RUN.

do they know who she is?

They'd probably at least know that as good liberals, she's something they're supposed to hate out-of-hand, like Rush Limbaugh or Walmart. The who or why doesn't really factor into it.

Got it. For the same reason they hate these folks, they like Che, Mumia Abu-Jamal and Leonard Peltier.

It's all becoming clear.

....people need heros and enemies, regardless of whether the people they are choosing are heros or enemies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumia_Abu-Jamal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Peltier

P.S. I still dislike Rush.

This summer I've seen a couple of Mormon kids around the Slope on their mission. Talk about playing to a tough room.