Diaspora Dialogs [.com]

It seems that for every controversial topic that there are two completely radical points of view that are argued.  It seems as if there is no agreement and no middle ground that can be reached.  This can be seen in politics between the democrats and the republicans. It seems as if these two groups are both just as radical as the other but on two completely different sides of the spectrum. This is a rash generalizaion but for example democrats think that partial birth abortion should be legal while reublicans think that condoms and birth control are forms of murder.  Another example of this extremist point of view can be seen through the case of the jena six.  One group said that the six should be prosecuted and the white kids should get off with a slap on the wrist.  While the other group argued that the jena six should be released immediatley as if they had done nothing wrong.  I say that neither side is totally corect in their arguments.  The question lies here.  Do these two seperate groups realize that they are being so radical and continue to act that way in order to get their point across?