I completely agree, and I think this is most noticeable on online spaces like twitter. Relenting on a point even just a tad is perceived as being an agent of th

I completely agree, and I think this is most noticeable on online spaces like twitter. Relenting on a point even just a tad is perceived as being an agent of the "other side". So radical opinions, be it neo-nazism or white supremacy, end up shifting everything rightward. Because even though most people agree, usually that agreement needs to be qualified. And, you give an inch over and over and before you know it you're somewhere entirely different from where you've started.