A moderate is someone not wedded to an ideology. Progressives are wedded to some form of collectivist philosophy. They aren't sufficiently practical to develop truly effective tactics to achieve the mythical civilization they dream of. A moderate is willing to consider scientific evidence from sociobiology that enriches our understanding of the genetic contribution to human behavior, as it relates to living in a civilized world. This evidence indicates, as E.O. Wilson has described it, that we are ALL subject, to varying degrees, to survival impulses from our Paleolithic genes. His analysis leads to the conclusion that becoming truly civilized involves working hard to channel these impulses constructively. Passing laws that dictate in detail how we must act merely activates the genes in question that interpret the laws as attacks on individual freedom. Part of the job of parenting, is training children to value working to become civilized.
That analogy falls into the "tell me you don't follow sportsball without telling me you don't follow sportsball" bucket.
A moderate is someone not wedded to an ideology. Progressives are wedded to some form of collectivist philosophy. They aren't sufficiently practical to develop truly effective tactics to achieve the mythical civilization they dream of. A moderate is willing to consider scientific evidence from sociobiology that enriches our understanding of the genetic contribution to human behavior, as it relates to living in a civilized world. This evidence indicates, as E.O. Wilson has described it, that we are ALL subject, to varying degrees, to survival impulses from our Paleolithic genes. His analysis leads to the conclusion that becoming truly civilized involves working hard to channel these impulses constructively. Passing laws that dictate in detail how we must act merely activates the genes in question that interpret the laws as attacks on individual freedom. Part of the job of parenting, is training children to value working to become civilized.