When I was growing up, “moderate” really was pretty much in the middle. And it really hasn’t moved. What’s happened is that the right has moved over so far that “moderate” looks like communism by comparison with their policies, and “liberal” is so far away that it’s just a pejorative.
When I was growing up, “moderate” really was pretty much in the middle. And it really hasn’t moved. What’s happened is that the right has moved over so far that “moderate” looks like communism by comparison with their policies, and “liberal” is so far away that it’s just a pejorative.