Asclepias
Diamond Member
No, it's a cop out to assume that someone who develops their ideology over time follows the ideology and the "independant" is somehow superior. Why can't an independant thinker arrive at the conclusion that consevativism (or liberalism) is the right answer? No two liberal or conservatives agree on everything so your point makes no sense. Except that you were trying to demonstrate some superior outlook.If they are alphas, they'd make their own decisions and not let an ideology make their decisions for them. Is that fence sitting or not?
Calling someone who thinks for themselves a fence-sitter is a cop-out.
It is not rational to be all conservative or all liberal. Independent is rational because it properly labels the paradigm described in the last sentence.
When people figure this out we will either see real progress or the government will institute martial law until they figure out how to get us on opposing teams again.