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Originally Posted by The Wolf

It's really hard to tell about things like that. They depend on who you are, who you communicate with and where you get your information.

Example: I have a Democrat friend who doesn't have any Republican friends, and who thinks they are all extremists. I have a Republican friend who doesn't have any Democrat friends, and who thinks they are all extremists. Yet Obama got - barely - 50% of the popular vote in 2012, which means that neither side is extreme and that both are mainstream. But neither she, who watches MSNBC and teaches school, nor he, who watches Fox and owns a business, will ever believe that.

In other words, those who disagree with you may not be fringe elements or extremists at all, no matter what you may think.

very well said.