Extremism

Extremism in one form or another will always be never welcome in a conversation. A group or person, not willing to change their opinion and violently opposed to all other opinions can also be though of as a form of extremism, despite some people calling it staunch support or plain old or label the person "opinionated". This is a dangerous way to conduct one's thinking, especially when one is presented with sound arguments against what they believe in. The really ironic thing is that some people who are so against extremism in any form are extremists themselves. Think about it for a moment and let it sink in, these same people who accuse others of bigotry and want them to moderate their rhetoric slightly are so doing by believing that they are right in this aspect and not for once stopping to think that maybe the bigot in a particular case is right. I am not advocating extremism here, rather I am pointing out an apparent paradox in the person who believes that extremism is not the right way to go. I know people who so strongly hold onto their beliefs and accuse others of extremism (maybe rightly so in some cases) that they themselves are not willing to change their opinion. So in this case who is the real extremist?