[Prokopton]

"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice."

"And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."

Barry Goldwater

[jveritas]

The "Purists" are not defending liberty on most issues but they are looking to satisfy their own extreme ideologies. They are bunch of extremists on both the right and the left and the American system was founded so extremists will not have a say in the governance of the nation.

Purists =Bitter losers.