The Cocooning of Kyrsten Sinema

[Tom Rinaldo]

9. "When I was young, I was passionate and excited and energized and wanted to help people...

in my community and change the world."

Therein lies the dark side of pragmatic moderation; the abandonment of that type of passion and principles. So often those on the left of the political spectrum get lambasted with taunts like "they are letting the perfect become the enemy of the good." Yes there can be truth in that, but too often the need to forcefully advocate and fight for what it truly needed gets abandoned in the name of "moderation", which too often becomes a slippery slope that solidifies an unacceptable status quo.