Is someone who isn't an ideologue but exploits dangerous ideologues for his or her own benefit.....

[Tommy_Carcetti]

....just as dangerous as an ideologue him/herself? Or even more dangerous?

I'd love to hear DU's thoughts on that question.

[Buzz Clik]

1. Sometimes.... n/t

[merrily]

2. Example and/or context?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Trump vs. Cruz. nt

[merrily]

5. Ah, thank you. Yes, Both the ideologiue and his evangelist are dangerous.

[LostOne4Ever]

4. The thing about faking something like that is

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]That if they do it long enough, they won't be faking it anymore.

That is the reason that people who want to be stupid, usually succeed.[/font]

[Shandris]

6. More.

The ideologue is bad only insofar as he is intelligent enough to leverage his personal power into action. The director can wield hundreds of ideologues, multiplying their effect (and the damage that will surface later) and reach.

It's like a grenade versus a Tsar. Both suck at point blank, but only one will kill you a mile away.

[Todays_Illusion]

7. We don't have enough of your view to comment on it, like what your definition of a dangerous

ideologue is.


You haven't thrown anything substantial enough to chew on.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

9. For the purposes of discussion on DU, I'm referring to far-right ideology. nt

[FLPanhandle]

8. Nothing is more dangerous than a true believer

Those guys have no doubts and can't be reasoned with even behind closed doors with the TV's off.