Dr. peter schwartz9/3/2023 ![]() Several of the brightest quit as a result. This did not satisfy independent-minded OAC students. Peter does not include what I wrote next, which was: When students asked him to specify what about Craig’s statement was wrong, Onkar did not give reasons, explanations, or evidence in support of his assertion. This time, Peter cites accurately what I wrote: Peter makes another claim: Onkar conducted a phone meeting with Objectivist Academic Center (OAC) students (during the McCaskey imbroglio) to inform them of the reasons that Craig Biddle was not going to be speaking at a lecture tour on behalf of ARI. I don’t think that any rational person could possibly ignore Mr. Only after Yaron became aware of Leonard’s displeasure (and after losing donors’ money)-and without making an apology-did he say that he really didn’t mean what he said but was only “referring, not to those who reluctantly vote for Trump, but to those who enthusiastically embrace him and ignore his significant failings” (emphasis added). You should think for yourself.”Ĭlearly, what I wrote was accurate, not a “smear” or a “half-truth.” Peter, I ask you to correct or withdraw your claims. I then concluded my post with: “Whose thinking should you follow-Yaron’s or Leonard’s? Neither. I wonder if Peter would say “ had to know!” and that Leonard was smearing Yaron with half-truths. So I’m trying to publicize the fact that whoever said that is crazy. That’s it! I heard somebody say: “No Objectivist would vote for Trump,” and I’m still steaming over that. ![]() Leonard wrote to me that he was “steaming” about Yaron’s comments regarding Trump, and also publicly declared at his Zoom birthday party: So Leonard also got the impression that Yaron was clearly saying that you’re not an Objectivist if you sympathize with or vote for Trump. So, he is implicitly declaring that my life work is not by an Objectivist, but his is.” It’s not surprising that Leonard Peikoff responded as follows: “The one that galls me the most is his statement on the radio that anyone who sympathizes or votes for Trump is not an Objectivist. Does holding one of these positions make you a sell-out who doesn’t deserve to call himself an Objectivist? Does it make you a fifth-column within Objectivism-an enemy of Objectivism? Yaron says, yes, it does. ![]() Is it controversial to say he is less bad than Biden? Perhaps, to some. Is it controversial to support Trump? Yes, to some. What I said was accurate, not a “smear” or “half-truth.” He accused Trump supporters of being enemies who are going to “destroy Objectivism.”Īs Ayn Rand wrote, “definitions are the guardians of rationality.” What is the definition of “apologist?” I provided it in my post:Īn apologist is a person who offers an argument in defense of something controversial. And it will ultimately be on you if America declines, if America disappears, if America succumbs to either the whackos of the left or the whackos of the right. Because you cannot be Objectivists-you are not Objectivists … You’re the fifth-column within Objectivism. Those of you who are apologists for Donald Trump, please never use the word “Objectivism” to associate it with yourself. Was he accurate? This is the transcription from Yaron’s podcast that was sent to me: One prominent ARI Objectivist stridently asserted that you cannot be an Objectivist if you support Donald Trump… Unknown was the fact that Leonard Peikoff, the world’s most prominent living Objectivist, supported and even contributed to Trump.Ĭompare this to what Peter wrote. Based on a report (which I verified by listening to that awful section), what I actually wrote was: ![]() ![]() Yet had to know, since Yaron made it very clear, that he was referring, not to those who reluctantly vote for Trump, but to those who enthusiastically embrace him and ignore his significant failings.” I had to know?! How? I don’t listen to Yaron’s podcast. I’ve been criticizing ARI over the last several months, and he says I’ve engaged in “smears and half-truths.” He makes two claims in this regard: First, he says that I wrote that “Yaron Brook, on his show, said that no one who supports or votes for Trump could call himself an Objectivist. Peter Schwartz wrote in a forum, among many of my friends, colleagues, and associates, that he has “no objection to someone who criticizes ARI’s policies or strategies,” but that I’ve gone too far. ![]()
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