Reasonable people could argue that any effort to legally redefine marriage is, in fact, a "radical" position.
A moderate is a person who is afraid to express their actual beliefs, or is too wishy-washy to be able to define what is right and what is wrong. You know, a person who tries to play both sides of the fence.
A moderate is a person who is afraid to express their actual beliefs, or is too wishy-washy to be able to define what is right and what is wrong. You know, a person who tries to play both sides of the fence.
Thread's eventual response: "Someone who doesn't have the courage to agree with me."
The thing that has always bothered me, is what is the difference between a Moderate and a Centrist.
Speak, O Sage. I seek Enlightenment. :mrgreen:
The thing that has always bothered me, is what is the difference between a Moderate and a Centrist.
Speak, O Sage. I seek Enlightenment. :mrgreen:
We just had the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert "Million Moderate March"in Washington. Can someone please tell me, what is a "moderate"? For example, do moderates believe that Americans have a fundamental, individual right to own a gun? Do moderates deny that Americans are overtaxed? Do moderates favor keeping "Obamacare"? Do moderates believe in traditional marriage, or do they think that marriage should be sex blind? Also, what makes a "moderate" position any less political than a "conservative" or "liberal" position? I mean, some things are black and white, like the view that Americans do or do not have an individual right to own a gun, or that marriage should or should not be defined as between a man and a woman. Reasonable people could argue that any effort to legally redefine marriage is, in fact, a "radical" position.
Moderates are partisans who are too embarrassed about the side they fall on to admit it. Either that or they are wimps who are too interested in people pleasing to actually have an opinion on anything. The first kind of moderate should grow a pair. The second kind should not be allowed to vote.
There are more than two sides. Some people are just not lock step with either side and unlike braindead people like you, actually think for themselves.
Moderates are partisans who are too embarrassed about the side they fall on to admit it. Either that or they are wimps who are too interested in people pleasing to actually have an opinion on anything. The first kind of moderate should grow a pair. The second kind should not be allowed to vote.
A moderate is a person who is afraid to express their actual beliefs, or is too wishy-washy to be able to define what is right and what is wrong. You know, a person who tries to play both sides of the fence.
Moderates are partisans who are too embarrassed about the side they fall on to admit it. Either that or they are wimps who are too interested in people pleasing to actually have an opinion on anything. The first kind of moderate should grow a pair. The second kind should not be allowed to vote.
To form opinions based on what your side has worked out is to ignore rationality and reason, not to mention just plain lazy and ignorant. Not everyone is willing to blindly follow the rest of the herd.
Is this the part where I'm supposed to say mean nasty things about conservatives?
Why is it that, when faced with people whose politics you find unacceptable, the best you can do is say mean nasty things about them?
Are you interested in actually talking about what a moderate is, or do you feel that your job is done now that you've repeated Rush's definition of moderates?
Your premise is incorrect. You (who by the way are listed as a liberal implying you have used the same partisan methods) are assuming that I have not carefully examined all sides to the argument, poured years of study into the issues, and come to my opinion through asking critical questions and engaging in years of logical debate with opponents such as yourself. You are incorrect.
Well, really my point is that so-called moderates don't really exist. Even if you are a moderate, in most cases you have a pov that disagrees with others.
People call themselves moderates to try to fool everyone into thinking they are well balanced, compromising and agreeable people who everyone can love. But usually it just means they either haven't thought the issue through enough to take a stand or have taken a hard stand that does not agree with liberals or conservatives. Doesn't make them automatically right.
I'm not a liberal for the sake of being a liberal. We all have our leanings as no one is absolutely centerist. I dont agree with every liberal or take a liberal position on every issue. What I was arguing (which is incorrect according to you) is that it defies reason to follow a side rather than to take your own position reguardless of your political affiliations. This is why moderates identify themselves as moderates. They refuse to be branded as a conservative or liberal as they would rather draw their own conclusions without a feeling of contradiction towards themselves and/or their ideology.
It has nothing to do with being "ballsy" enough to choose a side.
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