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>Those dastardly centrists, always waiting for conclusive information before jumping to conclusions! The problem isn't that they are waiting for conclusive inf
by rnd0 5y ago
>Those dastardly centrists, always waiting for conclusive information before jumping to conclusions!
The problem isn't that they are waiting for conclusive information -but that they pick "both sides" out of moral cowardliness. When people accuse them of "both sides" it's cowardice that they're being accused of.
Cowardice aside, Centrists and Moderates are not people who are sitting on the sidelines carefully weighing the issues.
Far from it!
It would be useful to do some reading on who and what "Centrists" really are about:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-moderate-middle-is-a-myth/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-moderate-middle-is-...
https://novaramedia.com/2019/12/11/the-centrist-delusion-middle-ground-politics-isnt-moderate-its-dangerous/ https://novaramedia.com/2019/12/11/the-centrist-delusion-mid...
https://www.vox.com/2014/7/8/5878293/lets-stop-using-the-word-moderate https://www.vox.com/2014/7/8/5878293/lets-stop-using-the-wor...
- throwaway894345 5y agoIt’s not cowardice, it’s that centrists or moderates are looking at issues rather than teams, so on some issues they’ll vote Republican and others Democrat. But partisans don’t understand the concept of “trying to do what’s best for one’s country”, so they can only understand this as “fear of committing to a team”.
- rnd0 5y agoIt is cowardice when it's used as an excuse to not commit to a stand on an issue, and a lot of people do take issue with that.
- throwaway894345 5y agoBut this is a strawman. There’s no evidence that any significant portion of centrists are so motivated.