For Fred, solidarity between people is a matter of plain common sense rather than ideological preference.
This gives a hint to the personal ideological preferences of the student members.
And, ironically, it favours the ideological, but unobserved, preference of that single state - competition!
Those "mid-Atlantic" ideological preferences would obstruct this wider educational project.
You may come away with the feeling that both sides were moved more by ideological preference than by the disputed facts of the case.
The Bush Administration had a strong ideological preference for free trade.
On the other hand, in some electorates, it is possible to cast a donkey vote consistent with ideological preference or party instruction.
The entry of private capital is no longer a question of ideological preference.
"Regionalism is a financial imperative, not an ideological preference," he added.
Let us not allow ourselves to be blinded by our ideological preferences.