Liberals are not 'the Left'...

Centrism is often relative.

Someone who is a 'centrist' between the far-right GOP and the centre-right Dems is probably just a shy Republican.

Someone who is a 'centrist' by the perceptions of Lemmy could be anyone who isn't a devotee of Mao, depending on which part of Lemmy you're talking to.

Binarism is a sop for people who desperately want to cling to a self-affirming label, but can't come up with any justification better than "the opposition is worse."

I tend to avoid anyone that feels compelled to define themselves by a political ideology. It just becomes an identity and the identity becomes more important than anything the ideology was supposed to represent.

You really aren't required to wear your team colors or even have a team. If you have a point- make the point. If any part of your point depends on declaring your political identity- it's not a solid point.

Imo, the issue is that political opinions are more complicated than reducing them to a location on a 1-dimensional line.

"everyone has to be a raving lunatic completely committed to following one herd or the other, regardless of what they actually think. Any individual thought must comply with hard party lines"

Is that what this means?

My favorite is "socially liberal but economically conservative", like those things are exclusive of each other

It always cracks me up when they call Joe Biden the radical left. Republicans haven't got a clue.

I've lost track, who's turn is it tomorrow to post that's same 'meme' tomorrow. Gosh it's just so original and fresh the 75th fine seeing another, "if your centrist your basically a Trumper!".

I can't find evidence of this but I swear the first time I heard of Dennis Prager he was selling himself as a 'centrist'.

Maybe if you insult them a few more times they will see the error of their ways and vote for your guy.

A long time ago being a centrist or a libertarian just meant you support gun ownership and also weed rather than only one or the other. Seems times have changed.

Lots of card-carrying members of the "enlightened-centrist-that-won't-stand-for-anything-but-will-fall-for-everything" brigade coming out of the woodwork to justify their privilege on here.

Aren’t we all here for the whole “non binary” idea?

What happend to that.

You guys are both equally terrible, you just lack the insight.

Most leftists I know live in states with democratic supermajorities, have been misrable cunts since Obama, and still manage to blame all their problems on trump being president for 4 years, 3 years ago.

Ultra MAGAS arent any different, every bit as miserable, every bit as hateful, but blame their problems on the guy in the white house instead of the people in charge of their state.

Both sides are calcified along lines where issues I care about are lumped in with shit I could care less or flat out oppose to the point where there is literally no advantage to either side winning for me.

Undecided voters are Republicans who refuse to admit they're voting for Trump.

"Ayh aint tellin' yew who imma votin' fer!"

Yea, we liberals think the same thing about you buddy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory

Populists, who's reactionary attention spans are harnessed by TV Media (right) or Social media (left) to drive up some corporations stock price

Lol, US is fucked up, imagine being centrist but forced to vote for either a corrupted crooked clown or a senile opportunist corporatist...

Its like the Matrix, you think you have the choice when in fact either way it is only keeping the establishment the way it always was...

Actually I believe the US is doing mostly will economically and the majority of the country lives better than most the planet. We could use a stronger social safety net, better health care, and something should be done to reduce education costs.

I don't agree with the nanny state bullshit. Fuck off already.