“The mere example of non-conformity is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny of opinion is such as to make eccentricity a reproach, it is desirable, in order to break through that tyranny, that people should be eccentric.” - John Stuart MillIn his autobiography, Teddy Roosevelt coined the phrase “lunatic fringe” to describe those people who buck the trend of the current popular beliefs of an era. He saw this as a positive, just as Mill did, as a sort of “correction” for wha [...]