[matt1234]

"It builds on a simple premise — the far-right and the far-left are equally insane," he wrote.

False premise.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

"It builds on a simple premise — the far-right and the far-left are equally insane," he wrote.

False premise.

Certainly there is no obvious reason why it must be so.

CNN claims to be staking out a position in the center. But then, moderation is a virtue - and to claim virtue for one's own self is arrogant. And, irony of ironies, immoderate.