It might be argued that Wolfe's portrait of the middle's muddle will be shocking only to a rarified and dogmatic crew of ideologues.
Wolfe's portrait was not shocking to anyone of dogmatic tendencies. 
mnli hypothesis: Wolfe's portrait was not shocking to anyone of dogmatic tendencies.  premise: It might be argued that Wolfe's portrait of the middle's muddle will be shocking only to a rarified and dogmatic crew of ideologues.