Nipping Libra in the Bud

Re:Nipping Libra in the Bud by idlewords on Sunday June 30, 2019 @05:19PM (#20320583)

Don't mistake my calling him idealistic for any form of praise. I think idealistic people are some of the most dangerous and damaging people in the world.

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Re:Nipping Libra in the Bud by OneGearRulesAll on Sunday June 30, 2019 @09:29PM (#20321766)

I'd humbly suggest another rewrite. None of us understands "idealistic" the way you do, and this word choice leads to confusion.

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Re:Nipping Libra in the Bud by RobertKerans on Monday July 01, 2019 @06:26AM (#20324004)

Do you conflate "idealistic" with "good"? Similar to the sibling comment, I do understand people have different mental definitions, but idealism [esp + vast power] can and often does lead to fairly awful outcomes, this is afaik well understood. It just seems that you're misunderstanding what idealistic means

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Re:Nipping Libra in the Bud by aptwebapps on Monday July 01, 2019 @02:15AM (#20322861)

I was going to jump on you to disagree, but I think you're partly right in that some people do understand something different from the word.

Still, it's important to understand that there are people who disagree with you, and who do things that you view as objectively wrong, that are driven by idealistic impulses.

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