• Ace T'Ken@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    And I agree with nearly all of that, and I would call most of the ideology you listed Centrist or independent (which are interchangeable to me when I talk about them, frankly), but I see what you’re meaning.

    It doesn’t mean you’re the centre of current USA right and left wings, which most of the people in this thread mischaracterise them as. It means you’re between two points. Which points? Talk to them and find out. Maybe it’s a left-wing position but they disagree vehemently on the “How” of the situation. Maybe it’s a right-wing position, but they have a non-shitty take (like I tried to show with my immigration example elsewhere).

    I desperately hate the “Centrists only want to kill some of the trans people” argument some make (even in this thread). It’s disingenuous, anti-intellectual, and flat-out wrong.

    Again, the real and long-term solution is to make more parties viable.

    (As an addendum, thanks for actually discussing and not being just a shithead like some others!)