Not since the early 1930s have we seen people who are so able to systematically blind themselves to what is going on. Let me quote from that same Andrei Sakharov talking about our friends on the left: And yet in my opinion there is one characteristic common to many Western intellectuals that is somewhat disturbing. I refer to what I have called. in my own mind. "leftistliberal faddishness." In a naive form it is partially illustrated by a reply made by one American in a conversation with an emigrant from the USSR: "Well. all right. There are lots of things in Russia that you dont like. You were mistreated there.
Identified stereotypes
Western intellectuals are naive and easily misled.