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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
...the idea is that our political dialogue today is dominated by relatively small numbers of extremists and dedicated partisans. We think politics today are 50 per cent of citizens furiously shaking their fists at the other 50 per cent, but it's more like a highly motivated and inflexible 10-15 per cent on each side doing the fist-shaking, while a great number of moderates go along with one side or another out of social conformity, not earnest agreement with the extremists.
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Great topic, Cliff, but hopeless. To expect a good discussion on this here is naive at best. The extreme rightists will either ignore it or dis it. The extreme lefties will write long boring posts explaining why the rightists are all idiots. Real moderates will not even bother responding, which kinda supports the original premise.
