Originally Posted by ChicagoPhil
While some of your observations are right now, I think that is a pretty broad statement to make that most roadies are snobs. Granted I have had a few bad experinces, but the thing you have to remember is not to let snobby roadies ruin your time. You ride because you want to, not because you need approval. Good luck!
plus an objectivist wouldn't care or make a big deal about what you posted about anyways...if that makes sense
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You're the first to catch the Rand reference. I've used that user name since college, when I very definitely was an Objectivist. These days, Rand's principles still inform my thinking, but I'm certainly not a Randroid. I still love the Fountainhead, though.
You're right that a true Ojectivist wouldn't care(or would at least claim not to). In fact, I have yet to personaly suffer the sneers, but I see them happening to others, and find it irritating. Snobbery of that sort is sort of Peter Keating-esque, don't you think? The real Roark, I suspect, would never even consider riding in a group. Or doing anything in a group, for that matter.