Do not hate, even hatred.
Nobody likes moderates.
Why would they like us? We are not to be depended upon. At any moment we may stray off the reservation, blathering on about how the other side has a good point and how we should compromise. And speaking of compromises, if there's a disgusting compromise to be made, you can guarantee that it will be moderates who can't wait to piss off both sides by making it. We are crappy cheerleaders: "Caution! Pragmatism! Go team, at least a little bit, for now!" I get why nobody likes us.
But I also get why you need us.
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