[jimmyvalmer]

I'm far more sympathetic to the greens... but my personal views don't matter much.

I don't mind the first part of the sentence; that's just editorial. The second part is weak-sauce backpedalling.

The repetitive moral outrage made this piece five times longer than it needed to be.

[chilioil]

Considering that the writer resides in Taiwan but cannot vote there (not a citizen), perhaps that’s a literal statement of fact, not a backpedal.