How to Spot an Ideologue

Descartes’ Demons
Sep 3, 2018 · 6 min read

It is not hard to find ideologues these days. I mean, YouTube videos with titles like ‘Watch Jordan Peterson DESTROY Leftist Host on Her own Show’ or ‘Talk show host Destroys Conservative’ hardly inspire confidence in the neutrality of their channels! However, sometimes it is more subtle. The key question is how to spot an Ideologue and and then find the flaws in their thinking.

(You can thank Conservative Network and Young Turks for the equally inspiring examples of political reconciliation and balanced content above.)

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Descartes’ Demons

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