What's more ridiculous is when the so called "moderates" only criticize progressives and never conservatives.
Like, one side wants full on fascism, the other wants healthcare instead of genocide...
If you're "in the middle" of those two groups, and you spend more time fighting for genocide and against healthcare than you do fighting the fascists...
That says a lot about your personal values.
It makes sense for both ends to work thru the middle. Which is of course why republicans skip the middle and attack the far left with moderates.
It's a 2-1 fight, has been since before they united to stop FDR from getting us universal healthcare 80 some years ago.