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To: jim kelley who wrote (16648)	1/23/1998 4:43:00 PM
From: BlueCrab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I find that idealists feel that they have more to lose. I was pretty idealistic, once. No, twice. They do not grasp the fact that the system on which they rely is at least as corrupt as that which they would attack. They have not yet LEARNED.

To: jim kelley who wrote (16648)	1/23/1998 4:50:00 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I think you are confusing true believers with idealists. I hope one can be an idealist, and have aspirations, and an idea of a perfect world, without being willing to club everyone else over the head in order to get there. Have you ever read Hoffer's The True Believer? I think almost everyone here would get a lot out of it.

To: jim kelley who wrote (16648)	1/23/1998 4:53:00 PM
From: j g cordes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Jim, you made a good observation on the violence of idealists. Earlier there was a post on reptilian low level responses.. it could be idealists connect this emotional center with their fixations. They have inner turmoil and anger as a response to understanding other points of view.