Reply #24: Compromise is best when reached not when sought by one negotiating with

[TheKentuckian]

a hardliner.

Our "compromises" are garbage because neither party is negotiating in anything resembling good faith. The TeaPubliKlans are not negotiating at all, only giving up slightly on newly discovered extremist territories rather than any birds in hand which means they win by default by gaining ground as what they "give" in these exchanges.
Then our people are making no effort whatsoever to reach our goals, their efforts are focused on getting a "compromise", so much so that all exchanges start were they used to be willing to go before staking new and more extreme positions and we then negotiate toward the bullshit wacko position which again ensures they win.

Terms of surrender are not generally seen as compromises nor is unconditional surrender the only true defeat.