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I thought this was interesting, because I saw an article in the NYT today with the subhead: > The “Curb Your Enthusiasm” actress is beloved in Hollywood. In su
by ctoth 3y ago
I thought this was interesting, because I saw an article in the NYT today with the subhead:
> The “Curb Your Enthusiasm” actress is beloved in Hollywood. In supporting her husband’s campaign, is she normalizing his often dangerous ideas?
It also made me think of this Chesterton quote:
"Ideas are dangerous, but the man to whom they are least dangerous is the man of ideas. He is acquainted with ideas, and moves among them like a lion-tamer. Ideas are dangerous, but the man to whom they are most dangerous is the man of no ideas. The man of no ideas will find the first idea fly to his head like wine to the head of a teetotaller."
I've noticed more and more this idea that ideas can somehow be dangerous, which strikes me as a rather dangerous idea. It's pretty-commonly held around parts like here that ideas are useless sans execution.
Do you think ideas can be dangerous? To me, OP makes a lot of sense in that the only dangerous idea is that ideas can be dangerous.