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ive never understood this sort of "opposite equivalent" argument people try to make so often. This sort of "he is the same, but left wing" is silly, really, and I think it is just an easy way out of the conversation, trying to act as a "moderate" because you put yourself right in the middle.
I mean, how do you measure this equivalency? And how do you determine the middle?
I always thought that moderation should be based on issues, and not on equidistance, however measured, between differing view points.
Especially in a situation when the sort of extreme paranoia is much more common and popular on one side than the other.
The idea, for example, that Obama is a foreign muslim in disguise who is serving foreign masters in implementing either fascism or socialism is a lot more common among republican circles, than, say, the idea that 9/11 was organized by Bush is among democratic circles.
In any case, regardless of who made the original point, that is one great idea to put one's money where one's mouth is: if it isn't torture, why not subject yourself to it to prove the point, and raise money for charity at the same time.
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