The most astonishing thing about Rand's praise for Hickman's "intelligence" is it was based on nothing, entirely circular The evidence is the biggest thing he did in life was something anyone could see was not only reprehensible but a total dumbass move
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Replying to @arthur_affect @financebroseph and
But she read genius into an impulsive reckless fool's atrocities *because they were atrocities* It was simply the fact of how vile he was that made him "special" He never once demonstrated any ability to do what others could not, only what they would not, which she conflated
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Replying to @arthur_affect @financebroseph and
For almost any normal person, including fans of mafia movies or heist movies or the like, there's nothing to admire about someone like Hickman He wasn't even a *successful* bad guy like a Scarface or an actual serial killer, he wasn't even *smart*
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Replying to @jetsharks @arthur_affect and
Are you telling us you think he was cute?
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Replying to @jetsharks @arthur_affect and
Hear, read the journal entry. She agreed with you. She was making something up. He was a monster and she was using him as a literary device:pic.twitter.com/DrNvEMpgGS
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Replying to @financebroseph @jetsharks and
Yes and what Rand made up was awful The ideal she had in her mind that Hickman represented of someone "born to rule" is horrid horseshit Like, we don't know what was going on in the real Hickman's head but what she made up was this worst case scenario that she idealized
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Replying to @arthur_affect @financebroseph and
In reality, Hickman argued an insanity defense in his trial, saying he didn't even know what he was doing when he was doing it and "an angel" took possession of him and made him kill the girl
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Replying to @arthur_affect @financebroseph and
I think this was bullshit, as did the jury, as did Rand But if it were true, then it would've been a reason to show mercy, because it would be less bad than if he decided to kill the girl because he was Angry at Society or whatever garbage
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Ayn Rand takes it as read that he was lying about the angels possessing him and that he was lying about converting to Catholicism and being filled with remorse after his sentencing, that it was all lies to try to get acquitted or else pull for a pardon
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Replying to @arthur_affect @financebroseph and
And she finds this ADMIRABLE She likes the stupid Joker "I did it for the lulz, I did it cause I don't care, I did it to punish the world for not recognizing I'm special" motive She'd be DISAPPOINTED if the real Hickman really was crazy, and then really was sorry
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