(September 19, 2018 at 1:21 am)robvalue Wrote: Sure, I wasn't aiming it at you specifically, it was a general thought. I've only vaguely been following the huge exchanges here.
Nono, and I didn't feel it was aimed at me.
My answer was a very long-winded way of saying the following: where certain issues are seen as highly political, it's going to be very hard just to consider issues on a case-by-case basis, because the people around you will be more than happy to tell you what wing or ideology you really are.
This idea of a moderate center, where people have varying ideas about various issues, seems intolerable to the loudest proponents at the extremes-- and unfortunately, it's the loudest ones who normally take up the air time (or fill up the forums or Youtube comments etc. etc.).