Vanguard is correct that this association will probably hurt Rand a little bit politically, but Vanguard fails to admit it is because people are sort of retarded.
I mean, what kind of person would Cliven Bundy be if he called a Custodian a Janitor, or a physically disabled person handicapped? What about calling a Personal Assistant or Clerical Staff a Secretary? Can you imagine if he met with Rand and asked him a question then?? lol...
People change these names because the term describes somebody who is lower on the totem poll than others and so people end up using the term in a derogatory way. The truth is that in 20 years Custodians will probably want a different name - perhaps Disinfectant Engineer. Physically disabled people will probably want to be called something different in the future. People feel bad for these people lower on the totem poll and they accommodate them by using the new terminology. It's not very rational, it's not a longterm solution to the problem. But people do it. It's accepted.
I don't think Bundy is racist at all - he probably shouldn't have made the statement that black people have problems because "they never learned to pick cotton", but I'm pretty sure the way he meant that was not that they should be enslaved but as a metaphor for being more productive. He felt there are at least elements of their life that were better off with stronger families and being productive compared to what they have today where they are locked into the system which is a result of big government and entitlement programs. Communities full of people on welfare suffer economically because there is little to no production and it just becomes a huge negative feedback loop that completely guts them of the ability to be economically viable.
However, most people think Bundy is racist. I've done a lot to convince people otherwise, I was waist deep in the stuff over at Politico. But Rand, for political purposes is probably best to distance himself from the situation a bit.
