Why "moderates" suck.

For years, republicans in particular have taken pride in the word "moderate". To me, this largely defines a certain sort of person who finds politics, political ideas, discourse or activity distasteful. They commonly "nuance" their views on things to avoid any sort of ideological confrontation within their social universe. For politicians, being a moderate just means you have a wider lobbyist menu to take from. But for citizens, what we're witnessing today is what being a moderate gets you.

What infuriates me is that many of these formerly "I just don't want to discuss politics" crowd are now the same urging BLM loyalty, declaring asinine statements like "white silence equals violence" and virtue signaling anytime they think someone's paying attention. While moderate champions like the Bushes, McCain, Romney and the like worried about more polite discourse, the left galvanized a growing generation of angry, disaffected spoiled brats into weapons. Now these formerly delicate moderates plead the case of arsonists, vandals, thieves and murderers in the name of "justice". They empower a useless GOP. They keep ideologically bankrupt clowns like Mitt Romney relevant. It's infuriating.

We no longer live in a time for moderates. They can't be allowed to be fashionable anymore. If conservative thought has a future in this country, they have to purge these disingenuous "moderates" from their ranks and stop letting them claim the moral high road in political discourse.