Comments on: I Don’t Like Moderates http://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/02/11/i-dont-like-moderates/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Fri, 25 May 2012 06:20:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: EricHhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/02/11/i-dont-like-moderates/comment-page-1/#comment-680424 EricH Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:57:19 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=7727#comment-680424 That's what some moderates do; trouble is, there are a lot like TheSenator who call themselves moderate, but take definite positions on the issues. Jimmie, you're making a category error here, and it's not because of the source article. (Goldberg carefully doesn't say that this behavior is characteristic of all moderates.) (By analogy, it's rather like claiming "All Muslims want to kill Americans." But when someone says, "I'm a Muslim, and I don't want to kill anyone," your response is "Then you aren't acting like a Muslim.") Your definition of "moderate" clearly includes "lacks a strong opinion." And your definition isn't the popular one. The hint you get is when you find yourself insisting that someone has labeled himself incorrectly. That's what some moderates do; trouble is, there are a lot like TheSenator who call themselves moderate, but take definite positions on the issues.

Jimmie, you're making a category error here, and it's not because of the source article. (Goldberg carefully doesn't say that this behavior is characteristic of all moderates.) (By analogy, it's rather like claiming "All Muslims want to kill Americans." But when someone says, "I'm a Muslim, and I don't want to kill anyone," your response is "Then you aren't acting like a Muslim.")

Your definition of "moderate" clearly includes "lacks a strong opinion." And your definition isn't the popular one. The hint you get is when you find yourself insisting that someone has labeled himself incorrectly.

]]> By: JDhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/02/11/i-dont-like-moderates/comment-page-1/#comment-680419 JD Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:30:50 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=7727#comment-680419 the middle is where the money's at though - the lobbyists know that the swing votes count most, so that is where they spend there $ the middle is where the money's at though – the lobbyists know that the swing votes count most, so that is where they spend there $

]]> By: Steve Spinkshttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/02/11/i-dont-like-moderates/comment-page-1/#comment-680418 Steve Spinks Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:29:10 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=7727#comment-680418 Kinda like the old saw: A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything. We have way too many of these folks in politics, but they almost always wind up in the Republican Party. I think we need a smaller tent. Kinda like the old saw: A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything. We have way too many of these folks in politics, but they almost always wind up in the Republican Party. I think we need a smaller tent.

]]> By: Jimmiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/02/11/i-dont-like-moderates/comment-page-1/#comment-680416 Jimmie Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:24:21 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=7727#comment-680416 That's not moderate, though. You actually take a position on limited government and on social issues, too. You don't insist, lacking a strong opinion, that everyone woo you. That's what moderates do. That's not moderate, though. You actually take a position on limited government and on social issues, too. You don't insist, lacking a strong opinion, that everyone woo you. That's what moderates do.

]]> By: Tamara Jacksonhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/02/11/i-dont-like-moderates/comment-page-1/#comment-680415 Tamara Jackson Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:24:10 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=7727#comment-680415 Ha! Well done, per usual! Fortunately, I've never been called a wuss nor a hostage-taker...no fence-sitting allowed in my world view! Ha! Well done, per usual! Fortunately, I've never been called a wuss nor a hostage-taker…no fence-sitting allowed in my world view!

]]> By: @TheSenatorhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/02/11/i-dont-like-moderates/comment-page-1/#comment-680414 @TheSenator Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:22:23 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=7727#comment-680414 I say I'm moderate, but I'm really more fiscally conservative and socially liberal (on certain issues.) I think I may be more of a practical Libertarian... I dunno though. I just generally want the government to leave me alone--to get their hands out of my wallet and to keep their opinions out of my house. (I can buy my own lightbulbs, thanks.) I say I'm moderate, but I'm really more fiscally conservative and socially liberal (on certain issues.) I think I may be more of a practical Libertarian… I dunno though. I just generally want the government to leave me alone–to get their hands out of my wallet and to keep their opinions out of my house. (I can buy my own lightbulbs, thanks.)

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