I didn't think that was confusing, your article pointed it out fine and clearly. However it doesn't address my point. "(Un)intentional" is solely a qualifier regarding the intentionality behind becoming a moderate, not the "moderate" part itself, which is what I'm arguing against. Independent thought doesn't necessarily lead to a moderate position. It leads to a position that almost certainly isn't perfectly aligned with a single -ism ideology. In fact, many of the individual beliefs held may well be considered the opposite, "extreme" in the sense of the Overton window (which is what "moderate" is really about).