Yes but there is more to it. Formally progressive ideas (like mixed race marriage) are no-brainers today while today's progressive ideas (like same sex marriage) were beyond the scope for the moderate left back than. So you can keep your opinions and still move to the right while the left adopts new ideas.
I am not a native speaker so forgive this stupid question: does "every other" here mean "every second" as in "every other day" or "everyone except me" like I'm the only guy without a life?
I see where you are coming from but you really shouldn't normalize breathing too much. I know, for some "people" this is already an everyday thing but don't do it in front of kids.
I hope the book is computer generated too