OPINION: Relatively extreme
Brent Regan
“Extremist” is a common pejorative often offered as a frame when discussing politics, as in “he is a right wing extremist,” but what does being accused of being an “extremist” really mean?
If you were to stand at the goalpost of a football field and someone else stood at the other goalpost, you could rightfully observe that the other person was, relative to your position, at the extreme end of the field. Of course the other person could say exactly the same thing about you, and that is the problem with relative terms like extreme...
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