Why is being a moderate... whether Dem or Republican.... so frowned upon in 2017?

ask "if you're not for us, you're against us" W...

It's because the extremist minorities of each party have taken over. One side gave the country Hillary while the other side gave us Trump.

Any self respecting moderate would have felt dirty after voting in last year's election.

Trump is pretty moderate

b/c moderates don't flip the frick out and consume every single piece of ridiculous click bait that comes their way making it much harder to bilk them out of their time and money.

politicians and corporations would much rather cater to the extremists who are far easier to mobilize and monetize.

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Trump is pretty moderate

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So was Hillary.

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I am fiscally conservative... I don't care much about social issues like gay marriage.

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So burdening the Social Security system with additional survivor's benefits that likely will have to be funded by the taxpayer -- literally overnight -- doesn't give your fiscally conservative side a reason to pause?

Hillary was much less moderate in this election than the last one.

First democrat in my lifetime to virtually endorse late term abortion during a debate.

Because like what stands out to us is the extreme left, what stands out to them is the extreme right.

We don't see tweets and quotes from average democratic voting Americans posted here. We see hipster fight club chick, false flag attempts, and the bought and paid for MSM hacks.
They likely don't see tweets or quotes from average republican voters. They see Spencer saying SEC football is "sick" and probably whatever else some dumb shite recently said that went viral.

A lot of people really don't socialize daily in person (at least not about politics) with the opposite party. A lot of how moderates think their counterparts view them is based off of the extremes you'll see in the media, social media, and Internet forums / message boards.

We think we can seperate the two but subconsciously some just add a little more ammo to their arsenal after every crazy instance they see from the other side. Then when two reasonable moderates from opposite parties end up having a debate it generally turns into who's trash is trashier rather than what those two really think.

It's an age of information overload where a country of 300+ million people have a camera phone on standby and the ability to instantly share a thought with all others. Every Koran that ends up in a toilet, every street fight, false flag, and dumb opinion is instantly shoved down our throats. We are becoming a "constant outrage" culture and with today's technology there will ever be a shortage of fuel for the fire.

IMO

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I am fiscally conservative, but I realize we have to pay for the infrastructure that makes our society civilized. I don't care much about social issues like gay marriage. I don't give two shits about social justice. I care about my 401k. I care about not getting killed by raghead terrorists. I just want to live my life in peace, in a peaceful and prosperous society. Why am I vilified?

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Modern "Democrats" would describe you as a greedy, racist, bigoted, sexist, xenophobic homophobe.

Given that... does it make you want to go compromise with them?

That is why it's impossible to be a "moderate".

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He's never been perceived as racist or anti-semitic

That's a lie. There was stuff out there about him even before he decided to run.

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No, just ... no. Trump's a rich white guy. Had there ever been serious suggestion that he was racist, he would have been publicly destroyed long ago. The "racism" accusations only began flying once he was running for office, and posed a serious threat to an opponent willing to play the race card.
On the other hand, lots of black people who've met him (athletes, entertainers etc) seemed to like and respect him. I imagine that once you go past the public persona, he's a decent enough guy, for a cutthroat businessman.