This is true. I've always liked the distinction made here: http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2007/11/the-government-.html http://s

This is true. I've always liked the distinction made here: http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2007/11/the-government-.html http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbli... between extremism and fanaticism. Extremists are those with views beyond the mainstream, and fanatics are those with views that, mainstream or otherwise, are so strongly held that they cannot accept disagreement.