"I'm personally center left" ... <Reactionary talking points> They said "center left." That, by definition, means they're not going to be in lockstep. So you

"I'm personally center left" ... <Reactionary talking points> They said "center left." That, by definition, means they're not going to be in lockstep. So you're taking someone that effectively said: "I generally agree with Foo but some of their actions are not to my taste" and responded by finding them guilty of association with the enemy. -- For the sake of argument, I'm ignoring the fact that the "reactionary" label is thrown around to mean a "contrarian" to the left's memes rather than a bonda fide political "reactionary" (which means something more specific than "contrarian" + "right wing").