Moderates and Extremists

My wife and I were discussing my recent post: Eisenhower on War the other day, and she asked, “Eisenhower was a Republican. Did he really say that? It seems so progressive.” I explained that the platform of the Republican Party in 1956 was to the left of where the Democratic Party is today, and that, IMO, Eisenhower was the last decent Republican.

Another example of this movement to the right is shown below.  Again, we have people who care about the world around them, and environmental responsibility in particular, labeled as extremists. How extreme is it really?