Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider is never one to shy away from expressing his opinion. The outspoken singer has championed a variety of causes throughout his career.
In a recent interview with comedian Hal Sparks, Snider explained why he doesn’t refer to himself as a liberal or a conservative but rather defines his views as moderate.
Snider also said that moderates control where things move going forward and not “crazies on the extremes.”
“People ask me, ‘In 2023, what is a moderate?’” Snider said. “They know what a moderate used to be. But what a moderate is — if you believe that there’s room for conversation, negotiation and compromise, you’re a moderate.”
“If you’re all the way over on the right but you’re willing to talk and consider a compromise, you’re a moderate. And if you’re all the way over on the left, they’re the same. Beyond those lines — and that’s a wide swath — I am in there. And that’s a wide swath. And the bullying minorities on the extremes on either side, they’re very loud, they’re very vocal, they’re very in your face, but they’re not [part of the majority]. And people get very confused with me, because one minute I’m being lauded and applauded by the left and reviled by the right, and the next minute I’m being cheered by the right and hated on by the left.”
“I’m a moderate,” Snider continued. “Best example of that — I have a Tesla and a Hummer H2. That’s a moderate. I’ve got in that closet behind me — my wife says, ‘You have too many guns.’ But there are no AR-15s and I believe in intelligent gun control. So that’s a moderate.”
“People [look at and say], ‘What is your deal, man?’ You’re hating on me because I kind of leaned right in the recent press that I’ve gotten. At other times you’re hatin’ on me because I’m a leftie and I was the guy who fought censorship and, ‘How could you wanna wear a mask?’ I’m a moderate. So to try to figure it out — you can’t. Unless you too are a moderate; then you only get what I’m saying. And remember — we are the majority. We are the majority. We decide, not the crazies on the extremes. They don’t decide.”
