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Its Chocolate
Dec 21, 2019
WHAT IS A CENTRIST

Anyone who looks at this image and sees themself





TYPES OF CENTRISTS

Socially liberal/fiscally conservative. Known as libertarian-lite, elitists, or simply "centrists." The default politic of someone doing well. This type is what the term centrist usually refers to. Tend to be uptight and condescending. Losing popularity in recent years but still control the world.
Examples: Bloomberg, NYT columnists, Third Way Democrats, the UK Lib-Dems

Socially conservative/fiscally liberal. Known as nazbol-lite, populists, or reverse centrists. The default politic of someone who's been hosed over. Interestingly, going by what policies they favor, the average American is this. Tend to be down-to-earth and charismatic but ignorant. Gaining traction in recent years but still not taken seriously.
Examples: Five-Star Movement, Primary Trump, Catholics, Brexit, New Tucker Carlson, welfare chauvinists

"Whatever works." People who see left-right divisions as hindrances to truth or progress and pick their political stances a la carte. Ideas can be contradictory, half-baked or easily influenced due to the lack of theory holding them together. Can be mistaken for libertarians due to their similar neurological tendency. Not very common because politics incentivizes comprehensive ideologies to hold together coalitions.
Examples: Joe Rogan, Andrew Yang, me

People whose every political stance is at the exact center of all possibilities. Known as True Centrists and Prophesied Centrists. Absolute gods.
Examples: It's said that only nine people in the world are this. Oh and maybe South Park

Its Chocolate has issued a correction as of 21:30 on Dec 25, 2019

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Uranium
Sep 11, 2001

Through constant decay
Uranium creates
the radioactive ray.



I came to believe in centrist politics after misinterpreting Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics as a college freshman, and being a coward.

Bear Retrieval Unit
Nov 5, 2009

Mudslide Experiment
rated 3

Its Chocolate
Dec 21, 2019

Uranium posted:

I came to believe in centrist politics after misinterpreting Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics as a college freshman, and being a coward.

welcome :hfive:

Uncle Wemus
Mar 4, 2004

I think capitalism has lifted millions out of poverty and furthermore

fibblins
Dec 21, 2007

party swan
https://twitter.com/dril/status/473265809079693312?s=20

Wrestlepig
Feb 25, 2011

my mum says im cool

Toilet Rascal
__________________________________________________________________all centrist posts should be made like this. regular typing goes to the left already

Captain Billy Pissboy
Oct 25, 2005

by Nyc_Tattoo
College Slice

CongoJack
Nov 5, 2009

Ask Why, Asshole
*in extremely insufferable tone after you had the courage to take a stance on anything at all* heh, well, I'm a centrist

WampaLord
Jan 14, 2010

https://twitter.com/InternetHippo/status/881161169469403137

A Buttery Pastry
Sep 4, 2011

Delicious and Informative!
:3:
You forgot one type of centrist: People who use "fiscally liberal" to mean someone in favor of policies that help the poor at the expense of the rich.

Dom is Here
Nov 11, 2016

Lipstick Apathy

fibblins
Dec 21, 2007

party swan

Honky Mao
Dec 26, 2012

I'll be the fool to make a serious post since I'm being goofed on by these players and jocks. One must seek to find a middle ground or be doomed to go over the political curb and end up crumpled up on the side of the road. We must make concessions to the other side if we wish to bridge the divide in our modern society. This is why I believe the answer lies somewhere between full socialism and complete communism. If this is something I will be ridiculed for, I will gladly crawl my lovely diapered up baby rear end back to the more polite forum.

Maximo Roboto
Feb 4, 2012

Christian Democracy, which is Social Democracy-Lite and religious

Evrart Claire
Jan 11, 2008

Aka the Parker-Stone Theory

net work error
Feb 26, 2011

I'm in the center of this page.

Vox Nihili
May 28, 2008

Its Chocolate posted:

People whose every political stance is at the exact center of all possibilities. Known as True Centrists and Prophesied Centrists. Absolute gods.
Examples: It's said that only nine people in the world are this. Oh and maybe South Park

South Park is pretty clearly right-libertarian.

Mayor Dave
Feb 20, 2009

Bernie the Snow Clown

Vox Nihili posted:

South Park is pretty clearly right-libertarian.

The shows only cohesive political position is hating people who care about anything

freckle
Apr 6, 2016

by Nyc_Tattoo

really queer Christmas
Apr 22, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxK_nA2iVXw

navigation
Sep 30, 2009
not entirely sure how to meld my belief/understanding of the detachment of the buddhist ‘right view’ concept with my hatred of centerism.

avoiding dogma shouldn’t necessarily mean that your opinion has to land in “more female prison guards” land right?

Its Chocolate
Dec 21, 2019
Question: Is it funny when a super gay guy is girly and sassy?

Right-wing answer: Not funny. It's a manifestation of social, mental, spiritual, and even physical sickness. Homosexuals are not wacky and fun as you've been led to believe, they're one of the warning signs that our society and all we love is degenerating. If you treat them as silly you're basically saying pedophilia doesn't matter.

Left-wing answer: Not funny. His gender expression is not invalid just because it's not heteronormative. Failing to take the lived experience of his body-space seriously is what leads to hate crimes. Being cishet and mocking him is not just gross, it's basically saying they should be murdered.

Centrist answer: It is kind of funny

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos
I'm going by the Dave Meltzer rating system which goes from -5 to 6 which would mean a centrist vote is a 1 :twisted:

StabbinHobo
Oct 18, 2002

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
the worst centrist of all is the person inbetween "climate change isnt real so we shouldn't do anything" and "climate change is real so we should do a bunch of things" with "climate change is real but we shouldn't do anything".

Maximo Roboto
Feb 4, 2012

What does C-SPAM feel about Jreg, there's a lot of his videos that could apply here

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Maximo Roboto posted:

What does C-SPAM feel about Jreg, there's a lot of his videos that could apply here

I think he’s just making fun of the absurdity of it all, he’s actually pretty drat funny

Slugnoid
Jun 23, 2006

Nap Ghost

smarxist
Jul 26, 2018

by Fluffdaddy
centrists are the politically inert dark matter of our population

they're fully indoctrinated, cowardly, comfortable, ignorant, bigoted but quiet about it cattle convinced that the runaway train we're on is going to pull into a station and catch its breath any minute now

they're barely even real people until they wake up and take a side in the class war

Egg Moron
Jul 21, 2003

the dreams of the delighting void

Its Chocolate
Dec 21, 2019

smarxist posted:

centrists are the politically inert dark matter of our population

they're fully indoctrinated, cowardly, comfortable, ignorant, bigoted but quiet about it cattle convinced that the runaway train we're on is going to pull into a station and catch its breath any minute now

they're barely even real people until they wake up and take a side in the class war

that's not always the case. I'm an apocalyptic centrist who believes the world is going to reach a hell state because people can't get past left and right

Crowsbeak
Oct 9, 2012

by Azathoth
Lipstick Apathy
A good portion of the center would be fine with a state that exterminates the bourgeois.

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.




Chokes McGee
Aug 7, 2008

This is Urotsuki.

or thanks for coming, case depending



we have to cover all our bases here people

VideoTapir
Oct 18, 2005

He'll tire eventually.

Its Chocolate posted:

that's not always the case. I'm an apocalyptic centrist who believes the world is going to reach a hell state because people can't get past left and right


What exactly does this mean?

Chokes McGee
Aug 7, 2008

This is Urotsuki.

VideoTapir posted:

What exactly does this mean?

whatever u want it to

Charles 2 of Spain
Nov 7, 2017

*sweats profusely at having to choose between taking the wealth of billionaires or ensuring billions don't starve to death*

GalacticAcid
Apr 8, 2013

NEW YORK VALUES

u suck op

1982 Subaru Brat
Feb 2, 2007

by Athanatos

VideoTapir posted:

What exactly does this mean?

It means OP doesn't care which policy proposals are better than others, only whether mom and grandpa maintain their indoor voices at Thanksgiving.

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Nix Panicus
Feb 25, 2007

As a centrist, I believe that a good compromise means everyone walks away from the negotiating table unhappy. Therefore my constant misery must mean Im making good compromises in my life.

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