I agree with Rick (surprise!) that a more appropriate word in the title of the thread would be "extremist," rather than fundamentalist. I usually associate the latter word with religion for some reason, and we haven't been discussing religion at all (except peripherally).

So. I would assume that the majority of us would agree that extremism does exist, and that there is extremism to the left and to the right. If so, then a moderate is one who is in the middle, right? Definitions of a moderate have been given in this thread as one who listens to the other side, or both sides. My question, then is, if the person who listens to both sides decides to "come down" on the side of the liberal, does that make him one? Perhaps on the next issue he/she might come down on the side of the conservative, that would mean, I assume that he/she would be considered conservative.

Would a moderate be one, then, that might side with conservatives on some issues and with liberals on others?

DougR