I'm not sure how much of this piece by Amanda Marcotte I agree with. She says that the current positions of the extreme right are driven by a belief that if America doesn't function the way they want it to, then it isn't America and might as well be destroyed. I'm sure that's true of some. It's even true of some people I know and they don't deny it. I'm not sure it's as widespread though as Ms. Marcotte makes it to be.