Could you clarify? I don't understand the extreme reaction.
I was responding to this: "hold both views simultaneously: to respect someone and consider him/her an extremist loon who is out of touch with reality"
I gave an example of someone generally considered to be an extremist loon, yet obviously (he did in fact gain power) with unusual skill.
Is it just that people are uncomfortable with the idea that his supporters were normal regular supposedly civilized people, and how this implies something about most of us?
I was responding to this: "hold both views simultaneously: to respect someone and consider him/her an extremist loon who is out of touch with reality"
I gave an example of someone generally considered to be an extremist loon, yet obviously (he did in fact gain power) with unusual skill.
Is it just that people are uncomfortable with the idea that his supporters were normal regular supposedly civilized people, and how this implies something about most of us?