As an adherent of the philosophy of objectivism, I clearly see correlation here to that of the subjectivists who consistently attempt to crush the validity of objectivism by attempting to expose Ayn Rand, its (effectively convenient from a bashing perspective) 'nominal' founder, albeit that it goes back to (at least) Aristotle, as a morally corrupt and debased non-human. It's the old adage that if you can't kill the message, kill the messenger. It's no different for Trump. Or Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Adam Smith, MLK, Jr., etc... Same thing...Secret Alias wrote: ↑Sun Jun 20, 2021 6:37 am That may be true today. It is after all a new generation. But in 2008 the squeaky wheels were squeaking A LOT and let's not forget. This is not a scientific investigation. It is not like they're saying 'let's just continue to investigate Morton Smith off to the side here' while the Letter to Theodore is accepted as a historical document from antiquity. It is rather 'let's destroy the reputation of the document by means of innuendo against Morton Smith' and HOPE it isn't used by anyone. It's a scholarly adaptation of the political smear campaign.
As an aside, I see virtually everything that is happening in the world today as a (highly mistaken) transition from objectivism to subjectivism. An example would be in law, where subjective law is rapidly replacing objective law. No longer is it objectively obvious that a rioting looter who is burning and maiming is committing a crime. That it is (or is not) a crime is now subject (as in subjective) to such qualifiers as the circumstances and group identity, etc... of the ones doing the rioting.