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The context has some significance along with the intent of the author in question. Calling conservatives "extremists" or "radicals" has generally been intended as a slur when uttered by liberals, socialists, left-wing types, and Malthusian secular humanists.

The term "Radical Right" was used by Richard Hofstadter and others to try to discredit and delegitimize the conservative movement in the 1950s. The theme was picked up again by Hillary Clinton and the Clintiguloids during the 1990s in an orchestrated campaign to spread hysteria about a "Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy."

A search at www.google.com will yield sufficent examples:

Clinton's Enemies
... For Hofstadter, much of the radical right rage has to
do with the rootlessness of American life, "the scramble for status and secure identity." 5. ...
www.wpunj.edu/~newpol/issue26/mmande26.htm - 18k - Cached - Similar pages

Manichaeism in American Politics
... Hofstadter is careful to point out that the
Radical Right
is not truly conservative. While seeking to dominate our more conservative ...
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The Public Eye : Website of Political Research Associates
... The Radical Right: The New American Right Expanded And Updated, (Garden City, NY:
Anchor Books, Doubleday & Company, Inc. , 1964); Richard Hofstadter, "The ...
www.publiceye.org/research/concepts/Frameworks-03.html - 23k - Cached - Similar pages