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Comment author: OrphanWilde 12 July 2012 05:19:46PM 0 points [-]

I've yet to meet somebody better than me at arguing politics; that doesn't mean it's impossible for me to get better, however, which is one of my motivations in continuing to do so. I'm not sure that A logically leads to B.

Comment author: RobertLumley 12 July 2012 05:23:32PM *  0 points [-]

There's a difference: you (presumably) acknowledge that it's possible for you to get better at arguing politics. Rand did not. Rand believed it was impossible for anyone to be better than her.