The Motives of Activists

[Diana]

Now you see there! How is it that my trying to point out how extreme activism, and the fact that much of that sort of thing exists in the world, which should not be a shock to any intelligent observant person, gets twisted into the suggestion that I am accusing anyone here of being such?

Where did I say anything that pointed to anyone here as an extremist?

Fair enough. I retract any personal reference.

I'm just not sure why the subject of extremism keeps coming up in reference to any thread/post about compassion for animals. Surely, there are many more people who care about any subject than those who are extreme about it. The percentage of any extremists is very small, so why use that as the basis for making a post here--how does it apply? (I refer to general posts, not specific to anyone in particular.)