In most cases, it gives a false impression of my views - but when i am confronting an extremist, I become a passionate defender of the opposite view.… - Sydney J. Harris

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In most cases, it gives a false impression of my views - but when i am confronting an extremist, I become a passionate defender of the opposite view... This, of course, is a senseless way to behave; it is over-reacting to a situation. But, in all fairness, there is something about extremism that breeds its own opposite.