Great article. I would not however back away from the terms centrist or moderate. Centrism is not trying to find a muddled middle way. A lot of us who call ourselves Centrists in fact have a variety of extreme positions that average out to moderate. The defining characteristic of the center against the extremes is in fact the liberal val…
Great article. I would not however back away from the terms centrist or moderate. Centrism is not trying to find a muddled middle way. A lot of us who call ourselves Centrists in fact have a variety of extreme positions that average out to moderate. The defining characteristic of the center against the extremes is in fact the liberal values that Tracinski champions. Liberal tolerance is baked into the logic of not taking your worldview off the menu and wanting to work out each issue by itself. That process inherently requires the openness to discussion that a liberal society protects. Only the moral certainty of an extreme and simplistic ideology can coexist with the desire to stamp out competing ideas
Great article. I would not however back away from the terms centrist or moderate. Centrism is not trying to find a muddled middle way. A lot of us who call ourselves Centrists in fact have a variety of extreme positions that average out to moderate. The defining characteristic of the center against the extremes is in fact the liberal values that Tracinski champions. Liberal tolerance is baked into the logic of not taking your worldview off the menu and wanting to work out each issue by itself. That process inherently requires the openness to discussion that a liberal society protects. Only the moral certainty of an extreme and simplistic ideology can coexist with the desire to stamp out competing ideas