Sentences with phrase «for ideological purity»

The Spectator's political editor, James Forsyth, tells Asthana that Cameron is driven not by a desire for ideological purity but instead «principled pragmatism».

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The first was Ed's willingness so readily to trade electability for perceived ideological purity.

From centrist Democrats who think that choice should only be limited to the expansion of public charter schools (and their senseless opposition to school vouchers, which, provide money to parochial and private schools, which, like charters, are privately - operated), to the libertarian Cato Institute's pursuit of ideological purity through its bashing of charters and vouchers in favor of the voucher - like tax credit plans (which explains the irrelevance of the think tank's education team on education matters outside of higher ed), reformers sometimes seem more - focused on their own preferred version of choice instead of on the more - important goal of expanding opportunities for families to provide our children with high - quality teaching and comprehensive college - preparatory curricula.

Ideological purity has the advantage that adherents can tell each other the same comforting lies and project the same fears onto the same enemies — forming a basis for social cohesion.

Such intolerance of disagreement is something for which conservatives and Tea Party activists are often criticized, and is the type of ideological purity that has made our national politics a mess.

When you enforce the ideological purity tests that Mann does, and wind up casting Lennart Bengtsson, John Christy, Mike Hulme et al overboard, eventually you find yourself in an echo chamber with only a 9/11 conspiracy theorist and a man who thinks the temperature is going to increase by 25 per cent in the next 30 years for company.

Instead, the cultists demand 100 per cent ideological purity, and blacklist, sue or call for the imprisonment and execution of anyone who fails the test.