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EternalVigilance wrote: Call them the 'moderate' FR nihilists.

Moderate nihilists!?

That's arrant nitwittery and ridiculous on it's face!

Here's a few terms which might be more the mots justes when searching for the source of the trouble.

zeal·ot n.

1.
a. One who is zealous, especially excessively so.
b. A fanatically committed person.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

kook n. Slang

A person regarded as strange, eccentric, or crazy.

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

mon·o·ma·ni·a n.

1. Pathological obsession with one idea or subject.
2. Intent concentration on or exaggerated enthusiasm for a single subject or idea.

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

idealogue n.

One given to fanciful ideas or theories; a theorist; a spectator.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

[EternalVigilance]

Wow, I'm impressed. You have a dictionary too.

[EternalVigilance]

By the way, you might notice I put 'moderate' in quotations...since it is in fact a misnomer.

So-called moderates are ruining the country, and will ruin this wonderful site if allowed to.