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This is true.
I took SarahC to be making a statistical statement about extremists being more likely to care about the issues than moderates. This is in agreement with my own experience. People who don't care about the issues tend to be moderate by default and this leads to an overrepresentation of people who don't care among the population of moderates.
But certainly there are moderates who care.
True, but this will hold whether the moderates are "right" or not - if 90% of people who care about the issues (and research them) stay moderates, and only 10% start complaining about it, you'll still see an overrepresentation of people who don't care among the moderates.