If you were planning an ideological cleansing, wouldn't your first target be something that no one wants to defend? Of course, often, ideological cleanses aren

If you were planning an ideological cleansing, wouldn't your first target be something that no one wants to defend? Of course, often, ideological cleanses aren't even planned. They just happen organically as advocates and those in power become incapable of separating their ideology from common principles.