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The irony of downvotes on this above comment above mine comment. There is a third option. Most people are stuck with this. It is staying quiet and saying nothi
by da_big_ghey 6y ago
The irony of downvotes on this above comment above mine comment.
There is a third option. Most people are stuck with this. It is staying quiet and saying nothing. Because there is unity in extreme right. And there is unity in extreme left. And there is no unity in the center so these extremes can pick off each individual center person who says something.
- crystalmeph 6y agoI’ve been wondering if a radical, dare I say even Trumpian, centrist politician who is willing to pick vitriolic fights with both extremes is just what our times demand. I really believe that Republicans can elect some of the craziest Qanon believers precisely because the Democrats refuse to forcefully denounce the craziest whims of their radical base, and are tainted by association, even though almost none of the national-level Democrats are nearly so extreme.
- malandrew 6y ago"A Center that Can Hold" from mid 2018: https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/a-center-that-can-hold https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/a-center...
- nitrogen 6y ago> A fiercely independent thinker, Viereck (who died in 2006 at age 89) was mostly without a political home. I haven't finished reading it, but it doesn't seem all that encouraging as a source of ideas for building a center if the article's protagonist never succeeded.