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Originally posted by CuriousSkeptic
The Bush Administration destroyed this country as well as the Republican party and it's going to take at least a generation to rebuild it.
There was once a left in this country but that was many years ago.
Originally posted by sos37
reply to post by HunkaHunka
But you're saying - if someone isn't a moderate they are an extremist. Which I totally disagree with. Someone can be a pure liberal and believe in no conservative ideals without being an extremist and vice-versa.
An extremist being someone who resorts to violence to get their message across.
Cheney is a Republican, no doubt about that, and I doubt there's anything left-oriented he agrees with. But I wouldn't label him an extremist. Like I said, I consider neo-nazis an extremist group because they have a bloody history of trying to get their ideals across, resorting to extreme measures, thus the word "extreme" in "extremist".
Main Entry:
1ex·treme Listen to the pronunciation of 1extreme
Pronunciation:
\ik-ˈstrēm\
Function:
adjective
Etymology:
Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin extremus, superl. of exter, exterus being on the outside — more at exterior
Date:
15th century
1 a: existing in a very high degree b: going to great or exaggerated lengths : radical c: exceeding the ordinary, usual, or expected
2 archaic : last
3: situated at the farthest possible point from a center
4 a: most advanced or thoroughgoing b: maximum
5 a: of, relating to, or being an outdoor activity or a form of a sport (as skiing) that involves an unusually high degree of physical risk b: involved in an extreme sport
Originally posted by sos37
reply to post by HunkaHunka
An extremist being someone who resorts to violence to get their message across.