The Radical Moderate Platform

Here’s the shorthand version of my position on some key issues of the day:

• Opposes:   Authoritarianism, Theocracy, Propaganda
• Supports:   Concealed Carry, Death Penalty, Abortion Rights, Libertarian civil rights
• Desires:   Better employment protections, End prohibition of drug/sex industries, National health care

I intend to espouse reasonably passionate Democratic principles, discuss some social libertarianism issues, expose some right-wing excesses, and highlight and criticize the evidence of our nation’s movement toward authoritarianism and possibly theocracy.

In a nutshell, I’m a moderate when you consider all my positions together (some are left-friendly and some are right-friendly).

To my Democratic friends, my right-leaning positions on some issues make me an enigma - I’m a bit too right-leaning.

To my Republican friends, I’m a liberal who is correct on some issues.

I have strong social libertarian leanings. But I’m definitely Not an “Economic Libertarian” - The Economic Libertarians possess beliefs that are absurd in my view: They reject responsible limits on corporate behavior, reject much of the good we derive from government, and they have made an unholy alliance with the Theocratic Right. For a bit more about why I reject Economic Libertarianism, see What’s wrong with Economic Libertarianism.

You can call me a Libertarian Democrat and I wouldn’t complain.

I’m kinda vocal about my political and social beliefs, and so I’m a bit on the radical end. And I scream a lot about the media nuts who reduce our political discourse to trading insults. The media nuts spew propaganda and foster ignorance and intolerance among the masses. I raise hell about them here whenever I can.

Qualifications to comment

See the following article for more about my background in media and communications, to help you assess whether I might any meaningful capacity for making credible observations. RadMod’s Qualifications.