The Two Kinds of Moderate
Ah yes, the old "No one thinks for themselves except people like me" argument.<p>> openly being an accidental moderate requires the most courage of all<p>If he thinks that having middle-of-the-road opinions requires the most courage of them all, he has had an extraordinarily easily life in which he is used to be hailed as brilliant. It seems as though due to his comfortable position in life he has never faced any significant opposition to anything he's said, anything he's done, or anything he is.<p>I might be wrong, and I respect the opinions of "accidental moderates" who are acting in good faith, but I cannot imagine how you'd come to the conclusion that holding moderate viewpoints requires any real courage at all.<p>> Nearly all the most impressive people I know are accidental moderates<p>"I am only impressed with people exactly like me."<p>Someone needs to write a similar pithy thinkpiece about how people who experience a lot of success should stick to what they know and not assume it gives them valid insight into other parts of life.