Why don't fake moderates come out and admit they are right wingers instead of saying both sides are at fault?

[Anonymous]

Whenever conservatives are under fire and ARE ONLY TO BLAME to for a scandal or crime, there is always some lazy nincompoop who always says "both sides are at fault" and refuses to blame republicans but they have no problem condemning liberals and whenever conservatives come out and threaten the lives of liberals and conservatives are spreading their visceral hatred of liberals, I don't see these same both sided moderates telling the conservatives both sides are at fault for genocide or hatred. The cowardly both sides are at fault fake moderates only come out with that bs "both sides are at fault" line when they don't want to defend conservatives but don't want to condemn them because THEY SECRETLY SUPPORT THE RACIST REPUBLICANS.

[LiamJHayden]

An anon calling other people fake. This is comedy gold.

Anyway, I think both sides are filled with Totalitarian idiots. I am no moderate, fake or otherwise. I'm a libertarian, small l, and also criticize the often more libertine authoritarian Libertarian Party as well. People who are not violating the person or property of others should be left alone. I'm a "Gay couples should be able to protect their marijuana farms with machine guns." level of "leave me the F alone" libertarian.

[richardcory]

Some of us ARE moderates. A lot of issues are more complicated than extremists on either side want to believe. Of course some are simple, and it obvious, but not the majority IMHO.

Immigration, abortion, policing, wealth disparity, taxes, etc. These are all very complex issues that don't have simplistic solutions - no matter what both sides want to claim

[Asker]

When it comes to racism and homophobia conservatives are to blame and I'm not budging no matter how much you try to convince me how democrats are falsely to blame.

[richardcory]

You have to stop viewing moderates as a single person. There are lots of us and we each have our own opinions. I do not support racism or homophoia. But... those are very fuzzy terms that people throw around.

Does racism mean treating people of different races differently? Or what does it mean to you?

[Asker]

Racism is prejudice plus power and if you have a problem with that definition then you are part of the problem but don't want to be called a racist for voting for a racist.

[BoopBoopBeep]

How old are you? That response barely rose above the level of "your mama." The state of public education now a days makes me weep inside.

[richardcory]

Sure prejudice (actually with or without power) is bad, so we agree prejudice is bad. But that's the easy stuff. All the hard issues revolve around what actions to take. What if anything should be done about past bias? What does "fair" mean? Is the goal "equal opportunity" (which is extremely difficult to measure) or "equal outcomes" (which is easy to measure, but absurd in some cases).

[EpicSnail]

This is because the Right is better at shaping the narrative. A guy chokes another guy to death on a train and they convince everybody it was not only warranted, but heroic.

[BarryLiverstone]

Are all republicans racist?

[Asker]

Yes they are

[BarryLiverstone]

That’s very concerning. There are over 175 million criminals in the USA based on the law. How should the country arrest and process all of them?

www.justice.gov/hatecrimes/learn-about-hate-crimes

[Asker]

Oh so when liberals use data to prove that racism and homophobia are a problem then government websites are not real. Get a life

[BarryLiverstone]

I never said that websites are not real. Please let me know how you plan to round up 175 million people and process them in the legal system.

[Asker]

Please let me know if Donald trump is a racist

[BarryLiverstone]

Obv he is a racist

[BarryLiverstone]

www.theatlantic.com/.../