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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 25 Feb 2019

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Osita Nwanevu

    It can't be emphasized enough that people who call themselves "moderates" and "centrists" support policies that are in fact dangerous, reckless & extreme. This was true of the Iraq War and it is true of climate change.https://twitter.com/OsitaNwanevu/status/1100087391237406722 …

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    Osita Nwanevu @OsitaNwanevu
    By the way, I happen to be at Niskanen's conference on reviving moderation, at which New Democrats co-founder Elaine Kamarck has suggested that we should give up on cap & trade & carbon taxation - not politically "helpful" she said - and focus on CO2 capture & adaptation.
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      2. Thomas Kaempfen‏ @ThomasKaempfen 25 Feb 2019
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Only true among moderate and centrist PUNDITS. Not so among ordinary moderate Americans.

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      3. JBerg‏ @jberganimator 25 Feb 2019
        Replying to @ThomasKaempfen @HeerJeet

        Where do you think the largest differences exist between centrist pundits and centrist "average Americans"? I think you're generally right, in that the centrist pundits are cool with the status quo, whereas I think the centrist "average American" knows something ain't right.

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      2. Ciggy - Bringer of Smoke‏ @mtreyens 25 Feb 2019
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        They're obstinate status quo worshipers. These people consistently mistake the apathy of centrism and moderatism as a virtue without seeing that the same apathy makes them useless towards contributing to any goal or having a goal in the first place. It's a ton of useless people!

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      3. Ciggy - Bringer of Smoke‏ @mtreyens 25 Feb 2019
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        That there's a ton of useless people that want to abdicate their civic role doesn't mean there's a useful silent moderate majority lurking about, waiting to be convinced towards action. It means there's a critical mass of self reinforcing apathy that can only reinforce status quo

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      1. rarply‏ @rarply 25 Feb 2019
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        You can play risky games with the planet or people that you consider the other. But if you threaten the profitability of current holders of capital, you're a dangerous and a threat to humanity.

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      1. Matunos  💉 💉 💉‏ @matunos 25 Feb 2019
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        preserving the status quo is more acceptable when the status quo isn't killing off large segments of life of earth

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      1. Al Cohen‏ @alancohensf 25 Feb 2019
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        They're like cockroaches in the face of sustained decades of being grotesquely, catastrophically wrong. "Moderation" in this context is all about elevating a certain neutered affect over empiricism, logic, and real human experience.

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      2. Monty Hindman‏ @MontyHindman 25 Feb 2019
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        It's true: the moderate/centrist labels clarify nothing; sometimes so-called moderates are badly wrong, even extreme. Equally true: generic critiques of moderates clarify nothing: on some issues, the compromise position is better than alternatives on offer from the poles.

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      3. Hey there‏ @watchincrows 25 Feb 2019
        Replying to @MontyHindman @HeerJeet

        Financial deregulation and the Iraq war were the result of compromise. The new deal, abolition, and the programs of the 60s were not. Try harder.

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      2. abolish all of it‏ @vampirx420 25 Feb 2019
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        We have found the mythical moderate rebel

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