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Some years ago, a San Francisco author who often worked as a stevedore on the city's docks, wrote, The True Believer. Eric Hoffer pointed out the destructive legacy of those who hold to positions with unbending tenacity, particularly in mass movements. Hoffer said that these rigid believers became unattractive representatives for their cause, alienating themselves from any civil discourse with those who differed with them. Their fanaticism became meaningful only to themselves; further, they created antipathy toward the cause they espouse.