[Robodog]

Excellent post Maru (i won't re-post it a 4th time!)

You are so right, the middle ground is getting lost.

"Anyone who disagrees with me... must be Hitler!" is the motto for lots of people these days

People like that have lost the art of seeing in subtle shades of grey; they boil everything down to either black or white and then judge accordingly.

It's really impatient and extreme.

Once they put a label on someone: Bang! That's it: "I don't have to listen or care about you anymore, and I can completely dismiss you, all because i've labelled you a (whatever)"

The joke is, that is what racists do: put people into extreme pigeon-holes, then judge them, then hate them for it - while ignoring their positive traits and their common humanity.