It sounds a bit like you've got an axe to grind more than you want to actually discuss political philosophy, and that might be more the reason why other people

It sounds a bit like you've got an axe to grind more than you want to actually discuss political philosophy, and that might be more the reason why other people don't want to discuss it. (And for what it's worth, 'radical' isn't pejorative... Pretty much anything that isn't social progressivism or social conservativism is radical in this country)