@XSGeek Maybe "extremely principled view" is the same as "dogmatic"? I'm OK with dogmatic as the descriptor. The intent was to address both ends of the political spectrum and describe how they are virtually the same minds with different starting points. And, it's not about moving them to the center. It's about calling out that they are on a completely different axis that cannot be argued incrementally.
@XSGeek , just want to let you know that your poli-sci instructor's insight about the "political axis is a circle" has really shifted my understanding of how society thinks. I think it might be more of a spiral/spring model, but more noodling is required. 🙂