I don't think that all ism's are extreme.

Well, now you're taking my argument to extremes, Wordwind.

But, you could have a point.

Fossilism? [Hey, I've got you there.]

But, you know Wordwind, I was thinking about this whole looking-backward, looking-forward, looking-inside-out pseudo-scientific sort of optical self-illusion kind of thing.

You know: presentism, deconstructionism, post-structuralism, revisionism. It gets me going a little cross-eyed, sometimes.

I honestly don't know whether I'm coming or going with it.

Maybe it isn't just me. Maybe these ism-meisters don't know if they're coming or going either.