picture the spectra of socially acceptable opinions as a meter on the wall. the middle part is deep green. the left and right edges fade up into more attention-getting colors.
there are two kinds of politics a person can hold. one is about making sure that the needle is always at deep green. the other is about making sure that specific conditions - enslavement, genocide, the destruction of our planet, the domination of human destiny by an aristocracy - never appear on that meter.