ideologue

​Definition (political) – one who adheres uncompromisingly and dogmatically to an ideology

Ideologues

• can’t have thoughtful discussions
• can’t consider other perspectives
• aren’t pragmatists
• aren’t realists

​Facts are discarded if they do not fit the ideology. Leftists are ideologues.
 
Who were the philosophical realists of the past? Plato (mathematical realism), Aristotle, Aquinas, Bonaventure, and Duns Scotus.
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