&gt; Because that&#x27;s politics. I wouldn&#x27;t let someone like that near my children at Christmas because of potential memetic contagion, much less enjoy having a conversation with them.<p>I find this comment interesting. I think that most people, or perhaps most people just a few years ago, tolerated such ideas because they knew they didn&#x27;t stand a chance in the battleground of ideas; you didn&#x27;t have to worry about your children picking it up because it was so obviously wrong.<p>This, on the other hand, implies that ideas can be so dangerous people (especially children? only children?) must avoid exposure to them lest they be swayed.