>Principled extremists can be reasoned with. Compromises can be made. I think you've defined that they don't make compromises when you called them principled e

>Principled extremists can be reasoned with. Compromises can be made. I think you've defined that they don't make compromises when you called them principled extremists. ;) But I do agree that they have advantages over opportunists who don't believe anything: sometimes an extremist will have discovered a nugget of truth that you can take out from the rest, while an opportunist only believes things that are wholly circumstantial and unlikely to help you.