So can you do the ground work and show that a position like opposition to same sex marriage is actually frequently and casually labeled as extreme?
(I can think of lots of other invectives that people apply to it, I'm just not sure that it particularly gets treated as a non mainstream view...)
I also disagree with the point in principle. We even have a word for it when a majority gets on the wrong side of rational (and goes to extremes), a mob.
> So can you do the ground work and show that a position like opposition to same sex marriage is actually frequently and casually labeled as extreme?
I suppose I could, but I'm honestly not interested in doing so to support a casual conversation on a web forum.
> I also disagree with the point in principle. We even have a word for it when a majority gets on the wrong side of rational (and goes to extremes), a mob.
Actually I'm not familiar with the term "mob" being used that way, and a quick search doesn't seem to support your usage either.
(I can think of lots of other invectives that people apply to it, I'm just not sure that it particularly gets treated as a non mainstream view...)
I also disagree with the point in principle. We even have a word for it when a majority gets on the wrong side of rational (and goes to extremes), a mob.