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Insane. Extremism is never the sign of a sane mind whatever the topic.
Nah, there's a point where you go beyond extremism and return back to sanity, the trick is to hit that sweet spot and not keep going back to Insanity.
I think this person nailed it.
...What.
I'm referring to Poe's Law, and applying it outside of the Internet.
An example of bumper stickers as mentioned by someone else here:
- 1-3 - probably normal
- 4-12 - quite extreme
- more than 12 - probably parody
I'm saying there's a point where parody turns back into extremism/mental illness (probably around the 20-30 bumper sticker mark). So there's a spectrum:
- Normal range
- Crazy range
- Parody range
- Back to crazy
Examples in conservative politics:
- Moderate conservatives, like your average conservative family member - probably dislikes Trump, etc, but sides with the GOP more than not
- Trump evangelists - doesn't know what they believe, other than Trump; weird form of double think required to follow Trump through flip flops
- The old Colbert Report and other conservative parodies from the left - generally take a more extreme view from 2 to make parody obvious
- Far right extremist groups, like those present on Jan 6 - these groups say what 3 says and mean it, and take it even further
Or with pork:
- Someone saying their favorite food is bacon when asked
- Someone who talks about bacon all the time, when when not talking about food (kinda weird)
- Someone who wears bacon themed shirts, has bacon bumper stickers, etc, in obvious parody
- Someone wears bacon rings, and always seems to have bacon with them
Poe's law is the boundary between 2 and 3, and there's a point where you go beyond and get back to crazy.
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