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Alice could have been a hero; she's been fighting the good fight, and her goals and methods have been reasonable, considering the opposing threat. The only problem is, [[Windmill Political|said threat doesn't actually exist]]. In reality, the good fight Alice has been putting up has all been a wasted effort, and her goals and methods – far from being reasonable – have actually been quite outrageous. [[I Did What I Had to Do|She did what she thought she had to do]], to protect people from her imagined monsters, and ended up creating trouble through her good intentions. She is a '''Windmill Crusader'''.
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▲A '''Windmill Crusader''' is not a [[Straw Hypocrite]]: While he might be a [[Heteronormative Crusader]] or [[Principles Zealot]], he is not a dishonest person who will try to trick people into a struggle against windmills [[Utopia Justifies the Means|for the greater good]]. No, he honestly and wholeheartedly believes the windmills are giants, and is desperately trying to save everyone from this nonsense threat.
Fighting a threat that [[No Mere Windmill|others mistake for a windmill but actually is a real threat]] doesn't make the character a
▲So, why did he mistake windmills for giants in the first place? Well... maybe he's [[Cloudcuckoolander|crazy]], maybe someone gave him [[Red Herring|misinformation]] that he [[Did Not Do the Research|didn't check up enough]], or maybe he [[Belief Makes You Stupid|blindly believes]] some religious or ideological dogma.
▲Fighting a threat that [[No Mere Windmill|others mistake for a windmill but actually is a real threat]] doesn't make the character a '''Windmill Crusader''' at all. However, it makes it easy to get mistaken for one. Also, a character can fight a real threat and still be a '''Windmill Crusader''': either by misunderstanding what the threat really is, or by fighting real threats as well as [[windmill]]s.
Might suffer from [[Black and White Insanity]] or [[Aggressive Categorism]], and is likely to do [[Activist Fundamentalist Antics]].
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Compare [[Conspiracy Theorist]]. Contrast [[Lord Error-Prone]] for someone who makes a lot of little mistakes rather than one huge fundamental misconception.
[[No Real Life Examples, Please]], as people are bound to disagree as to whether or not various controversial philosophers, activists, political leaders, or religious prophets fall under
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