Over the last few months I’ve found that there’s a sort of hierarchy to the comfort level I have with reading other people’s blogs. It goes something like this (from most comfortable to least comfortable):
Moderate/Centrist blogs
Group blogs with evenly distributed bloggers and clientele
Pro-WoT libertarian blogs
Pro-WoT right leaning blogs
Pro-WoT left leaning blogs
Hard libertarian blogs
Hard right blogs
Hard left blogs
Perhaps one of the things that I like about truly moderate/centrist bloggers is that they’re inclined to be rather temperate as well. Ideas of most political stripes are given due consideration.
I’m overjoyed when I find read a good, moderate/centrist blog for the first time. I find them as comfortable as an old pair of shoes and as interesting as a bull session with old friends I haven’t seen in a long time. PurpleStater of CenterFeud is the proprietor of such a blog and I look forward to every one of his posts. I’m pretty stingy with my blogrolling, PurpleStater. Welcome!
I too enjoy moderate blogs such as centerfeud. First of all, I have never found anything I would consider a hard left blog, except for infoshop.org, which is a more general activist website. As for the WoT, I would suggest that you compare it with the cold war. How realistic was the analysis of the cold war. Also, look behind the scenes to see if you can discern any hidden motives during the cold war, and the current WoT. If you are unwilling from the outset to even consider these things, I will doubt how truly you believe due consideration should be given to all political stripes. Who has the ear of the nation, what interests lie at the bottom of the mass media, and the generally selfish nature of human beings? Be sceptical.