"Rand supported ABORTION Mr. Right To Lifer!"  Yell the planned community Emily's list type of groups. " Is your vision of capitalism worth so much you would expose yourself to the ideas of one who held contempt for those core principles you hold?"

And so the forked tongues of the left attempt to use our own rules against us.  An Alinsky tactic to divide and pin us down to our beliefs. And for some, it may seem to work.

However, more than anything, it drives home the differences between the philosophies of conservatives and modern (leftist) liberals.  It also reveals much about how the left considers individual thought to be impossible.  About how discriminating thought, and consideration of ideas that stand so strongly on their own could not possibly exist without a committee of ideas to back them up.

It shows the shallow and hypocritical ideals of those who can only exist in a pack (or a village).

So Rand was an Atheist.  What about it?  Hitler, the mass murderer proposed the people's car, (Volkswagen) and my first guess is that a count of VW owners today, swings a heavily left of center ideology. (cue Flower power ad here) I would surmise as well, that most of those folks don't readily agree with mass murder, (see below for exception) yet that car has been historically quite successful.

Abortion, as Rand expounded is "a moral right."  She believed herself to be consistent, and in some ways she was.  However as she did not recognize the validity of rights granted from our creator, or at least from God, she failed to note the moral dilemma of her position.  Rights granted by man can be stripped by man.  Without the understanding of a higher power, there are no rights, rather only rules that are subject to the whim of the day.

Leftists, and social progressives eagerly place these messages of Rand's in the face of conservatives as a desperate attempt to denounce the threat they see as being the last brick to fall in the path to a communal paradise.  The desire is to have us so divided based on Rand's failings that the underlying message of capitalism being a good thing goes down the drain as well.

But ultimately, as hard as it might be for a progressive liberal to imagine conservatives ignoring that repugnant philosophy enough to see the broader message provided in this film, it has done quite well.  As always, the tactics are primitive, the results a misjudging of rational and independent thought.  Something not found among their allies.

Fortunately for us in Traverse City and other remote areas of Michigan, Conservatives have more common sense than lefty/liberal progressives.  The overwhelming success in the limited venues originally provided gave us an opportunity to view the film without the long drive.  The $10 ticket price is paid for in the mileage savings alone.