The opposite of extremism is not centrism. It's something that aggravates me to no end in these discussion (not saying it for you but in general), it is possibl

The opposite of extremism is not centrism. It's something that aggravates me to no end in these discussion (not saying it for you but in general), it is possible to be partisan, have nuanced views on the left and/or the right, and to recognize the current parties don't represent the interests of their constituents. If both parties are aligned on both ends of an axis of issues which are mostly irrelevant to people's daily lives, the answer is not to go to the center of this axis, it's to go orthogonal.