Bandwagoner maybe? Anyways I'm sure most conservative posters have the same question for us. I'm sure they think most of us are far left. I would say Juan Valdez is moderate with some conservative leanings and is probably the most rational poster in the D&D. I really can't peg him one way. I guess that's a good thing.
<---------------- It's a hard spot to be in. The rise in influence of talk radio extremists and now Trump make it so that anyone who isn't in line with those positions is just called a liberal.
Bob Dole is far left to these wingnuts. Video killed the radio star and talk radio/Fox News killed the moderate Republican.
They would be classified as libtard now. I thought I was pretty moderate in my views, but I am sure I am viewed as an extreme liberal here. This goes for Obama, who by all account is a moderate Democrat, is some how the most liberal president ever.
robbie and bobrek come to mind if you mean fiscal conservatives. I can't imagine it's much fun to argue along side some of the nutters though.
There aren't many conservatives period, but yeah, there's a few moderates. Of course, given that this board is pretty extremely liberal overall, I'm sure they'd call even moderate conservatives extreme. I mean, this is the same board that tried to argue that Obama was a moderate or a centrist so I imagine in the eyes of this board an actual moderate liberal would be considered a moderate conservative here. As to that, I'm not sure if there are any moderate liberals here, so in the eyes of the board, I'm sure they don't see any moderate conservatives.
I mean people who use facts and logic and can see things from both sides. It seems many people on here now only argue from ideals, sort of like religion.
I would consider myself a moderate conservative in that I'm a right leaning Libertarian that is tolerant on social issues while still being responsible fiscally. Of course, given the state of the board, it probably isn't viewed that way.
Most everyone thinks of themselves as moderate and judge the "extremism" of others in relation to themselves. Is there an objective definition to go by?
To me, being moderate isn't so much about where you fall in some political scale, but rather how you willing you are to consider different point of views and the possibility that you may be wrong. People are going to have different value systems and personal philosophies. But are they willing to hear out the other side and seek out where there is common agreement rather than always trying find conflict? That's what I look for in a "moderate".
I think robbie, bobrek, valdez, justxyank, and others do that? From the lefties, bob's pretty good at trying to understand both sides (as in 'b', not 'the great' ). I'm sure there are many others, but these are the ones that immediately come to mind in terms of whose take I'm usually most curious to read. (Feels odd singling people out -- many others I read and respect but as they tend to post a more consistently partisan point of view I haven't mentioned them here). Just trying to keep the D&D civil.
This. I consider myself moderate because I am always open to information and do not hold to any partisan purity. I won't suddenly be opposed to global trade deals because my party has decided to take that position after 80 years, etc. I have a set of beliefs, but I make evaluations on issues based on logic and facts. I have changed my view on issues when I've been shown that I was wrong, including from things I've seen on this board.
