I stop reading articles when I read hyperbole that goes "WAY
   OVERBOARD". Mind you, I'm eh about Ayn Rand, but I believe the
   dead deserve a fair shake among the living and I try to call
   bullshit bullshit when I see it:

   This is where I stopped reading.

   "' What should we call Ayn Rand*s psychological ability to
   exploit the vulnerabilities of millions of young people so as to
   influence them not to care about anyone besides themselves?"

   Bullshit of bullshitness.

   Damn powerful if that was true. Such hyperbole didn't deserve my
   further reading. I'm not even defending her philosophy here -
   just the idea of pinning adolescent and young adult selfishness
   on her? please.