disregarding what argument? I'm not seeing what part of my points were addressed, just his typical implication that i'm ridiculous-by-association because i like rand. Worst part of coming to P&S is that bullshit :/
(on the note of selfishness and friends/family, that's not the way that I see it and neither does rand. PPL routinely make that false-implication that disliking altruism, and especially disliking state-sanctioned(ie forced) altruism, means one should not / will not help others. That's not the case and is very routinely a false/strawman ppl spread to denigrate the idea of selfishness-as-virtue / rational self-interest. I'll admit that it lends itself to misunderstanding, but ppl's refusal to acknowledge these very very important differences, when presented with further explanations that clarify these things, points to more than misunderstanding ie to intentionally making false/strawman statements ie ayn rand wouldn't give a dying person a sip of water, and other such nonsense)