Are you a "moderate hero" on any issues? (user search)
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Thunderbird is the word
Zen Lunatic
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« on: July 20, 2015, 04:02:20 PM »

In my case I probably would be considered a moderate hero on guns since I favor some modest gun control measures like background checks and requiring a licensing course but after that fully support a universal right to bear arms and agreed with the majority in DC vs Heller. I think that you should have the right to open carry but also think that your kind of a jackass and a coward if you feel the need to bring a gun into starbucks or chipolte. I find both the extremes on both sides of the issue to be equally annoying.

On Affirmative Action I've always thought of my stance as being more of a class oriented Socialist position in that I think it should be based soely on class as opposed to race or gender. I fully agree with the notion that if you work hard but maybe came from a disadvantaged background you should be given a hand up, I just think that it should be based on whose struggling presently and saying that the son of a black doctor should be entitled to extra consideration but a white kid that's dirt poor from Appalachia or maybe a new immigrant from Eastern Europe is fundamentally classist. I consider this position to be to the left of race based AA but some would probably consider it moderate heroism.
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Zen Lunatic
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« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2015, 05:48:28 PM »

Moderate heroism isn't being centrist as much as it is staking a middle ground between two sides. Almost any position can hypothetically be a moderate hero one: for example, Canadian style single payer could be considered the moderate hero option between socialized medicine and public option healthcare.

Good point, I have encountered some true moderate heroes and while I like nuance they just struck me as too cowardly to take a stand on anything and prone to false equivilances.
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