It may suprise you that I think there are few 'to the right' that are as prone to 'tunnel vision' as those on the left. My experience has been that the more one educates oneself, the less one tends to be swayed by any dogma, but one does come to form opinions.
For myself, I would say I'm socially moderate, on some issues even liberal. I am economically and militarily conservative. Prior to 9/11, my thinking of Islam was 'not often.' I was very aware of al Queda, UBL, and the Taleban. Since then I've read more on the Koran and from papers on the Middle East/Asia/Africa. I seek out information on topics of those areas in journals like Foreign Relations and Parameters.
Most liberals I know, who for the most part are young people just exploring the political world, tend to go to extremes. Check out any college campus. Sort of like high school, though different, they break down into Young Democrats, Socialists, Republican, Anarchist-(Chomsky), etc. It's well and good, but they are each 'talking' and 'discussing' with fellow choir members.
