DrewDad wrote:Sorry to disagree, Finn, but I'm a prime example of someone who holds moderate political views and feels strongly that some of the more radical beliefs are pure idiocy.
But thanks for your input.
Feeling strongly that strong beliefs are immoderate is not evidence of passionate belief.
A person sitting on the middle of the fence may feel very strongly that he does not want to fall to either side, but he remains a straddler.
Of course, if you find yourself strongly feeling that radical beliefs of one end of the spectrum or the other is particularly idiotic, then you are not a Moderate at all.
Moderation = compromise.
The problem that so many people on this thread seem to have is that they want to describe themselves as a Moderate, and yet they are uncomfortable about what that actually means.
You, and others, should ask yourselves why it is so important that you be classified as a
Moderate? So many of you bemoan labeling of
Liberals and
Conservatives, and yet you run to the label of
Moderate.
The reason, I believe, is that for so many of you, Moderate = Rational.
It does not.
Compromise is a practical (and important) virtual, but it is not a means to arrive at the Truth.
Moderates on A2K visit for two or three threads and then move on. Anyone who engages with regularity is foolish to consider him or herself as a Moderate.
Moderate want to get by. As I have said before, thank God for Moderates or we would never get by, but it is foolish to suggest that Moderate can be passionate advocates of anything other than moderation.
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