The Economist: “sometimes cynicism can be deeply naive”

Common wisdom is that idealists are naive. Viewing the world through rosy hues, ignoring grim realities, and employing the cheery rhetoric of “we can do anything we put our minds to” or “God will never give you more than you can handle”—such practices characterize idealists. In Faith Without Illusions, I open my section up on “Pop-Christianity: What Makes us Cynical” with a chapter on Idealism.

But can cynicism be an alternate form of naiveté?

http://abyers.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/the-economist-sometimes-cynicism-can-be-deeply-naive/