[quote=@KnightShade]
<Snipped quote by The Nexerus>

Surely extreme points of views are easier to understand? They're usually seductively simplified models of the world, you might not agree with them but it's easy to see why others do.
[/quote]

He's talking about what he can empathize with. 

And it is easy to see why people choose extremes. But it's not easy to empathize with them.