I meant middle ground as in "you can talk about it, but you're neither forced to nor is it banned". Also, there used to be a political spectrum and not just "p

I meant middle ground as in "you can talk about it, but you're neither forced to nor is it banned". Also, there used to be a political spectrum and not just "progressive" and "conservative": This is something completely different than left/right - a right-wing person can easily be a progressive about his right views, while a left-wing person can be conservative [or even reactionary] about his left views. [Edit: Note, I'm a non-native speaker: Maybe this differentiation is different between English than in German?]