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mycomancy posted:Aren't centrists just right-wing scum bags too scared to admit how right-wing they are? It's not even fear. It's a aesthetic choice . They find being an open nazi tacky. But when the chips are down and the choice is between turning on the gas chambers and having billionaires pay 1% more in taxes they'll pack the bodies in as deep as they can.
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Dr Pepper posted:It's not even fear. It's a aesthetic choice . They find being an open nazi tacky. But when the chips are down and the choice is between turning on the gas chambers and having billionaires pay 1% more in taxes they'll pack the bodies in as deep as they can. I don't mean fear as in "abject terror experienced during an existential threat" but rather fear as in "oh my what will the neighbors think? *clutches pearls*"
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mycomancy posted:Aren't centrists just right-wing scum bags too scared to admit how right-wing they are?
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Dec 29, 2019 05:36
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Dr Pepper posted:It's not even fear. It's a aesthetic choice . They find being an open nazi tacky. But when the chips are down and the choice is between turning on the gas chambers and having billionaires pay 1% more in taxes they'll pack the bodies in as deep as they can. Theyre really just polite fascists.
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Dec 29, 2019 05:59
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mycomancy posted:Aren't centrists just right-wing scum bags too scared to admit how right-wing they are? no some of them having been republicans now call themselves democrats big difference !
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Dec 29, 2019 09:39
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Good to see that Meghan McCain is keeping the family tradition of "crashing and burning" alive.
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The Chapo reading series is amazing. Almost had Feelix go full Trad Cary at Meghan McCains shallow Protestantism.
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Dec 29, 2019 16:07
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Venomous posted:This is the centrist thread, not the incompetent Thatcherite thread, bugger off  i am going to be the PM 
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Dec 31, 2019 21:36
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its time for americans to set aside our differences and rally around the flag
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WampaLord posted:I think the OP wanted this to be a pro-centrism thread, so my initial instinct was to it wasn't meant to be pro-centrist no. it was meant to make fun of centrists because this is the humor forum BENGHAZI 2 posted:Op how does it feel to be presented every day with evidence that your ideology is failed and can produce no good in this world BENGHAZI 2 posted:Op how does it feel to get swirlied by Bernard Brothers and Sanders Sisters who keep calling you little homie gayass I don't really have an ideology anymore but I support Bernie regardless Maximo Roboto posted:ahahaha Paul Graham weighs in on The Two Kinds of Moderate 1. that's a short article and still way too long. he got his point across in the first paragraph then added eight more just in case we didn't get it 2. the way his two examples of issues that weren't picked together are "gay marriage" and "taxation" makes me think he's probably just a right-libertarian or at best the first kind of centrist, and not an actual a la cartist like he claims to be 3. far right doesn't ignore moderates dumbass. they call them RINOs or more recently cuckservatives Dr Pepper posted:It's not even fear. It's a aesthetic choice . They find being an open nazi tacky. But when the chips are down and the choice is between turning on the gas chambers and having billionaires pay 1% more in taxes they'll pack the bodies in as deep as they can. some centrists, like Paul Krugman, are in favor of an 80% top marginal tax rate
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but I'm willing to let it keep going as a space to dunk on centrists, such as the OP
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Uranium posted:it’s time for americans to set aside our differences and rally around the flag God, 9/11 made liberals dumb
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ikanreed posted:God, 9/11 made liberals dumb They were already dumb it's just that 9/11 was an inflection point after which it was obvious that their ideology was completely untenable
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Jan 5, 2020 05:20
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Centrism is the only way democracy functions.
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Its Chocolate posted:it wasn't meant to be pro-centrist no. it was meant to make fun of centrists because this is the humor forum wampalord puts the idiot in idiot king
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Autism Sneaks posted:wampalord puts the idiot in idiot king And the king! asdf32 posted:Centrism is the only way democracy functions. 
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Lol The Colbert Report had Henry Kissinger guest star in its finale
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Jan 6, 2020 01:25
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super important: properly follow proper protocols before carrying out crimes against humanity/war crimes
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Jan 6, 2020 17:02
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centrist take i came up with: the right denies climate change and the left denies overpopulation and as a result neither one of them is going to be dealt with enough to keep them from completely destroying the world
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Its Chocolate posted:centrist take i came up with: the right denies climate change and the left denies overpopulation and as a result neither one of them is going to be dealt with enough to keep them from completely destroying the world I think you'd have defend the left denying overpopulation. I've heard of lefties who oppose using modern farming techniques which can support a large population which I guess can be construed as the same thing but only if you presuppose the validity of their position on GMOs and industrialized farming. I feel like the straight up centrist take on climate change is the yes it's happening yes we're causing it and no I'm not changing my lifestyle point of view that every American has.
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Jan 10, 2020 09:14
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The centrist take on climate change is yes it's happening, yes we're causing it, and nebulous market forces and good rich people will solve it
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Jan 10, 2020 09:24
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Democracy is like a bird which needs two wings to fly.
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Jan 10, 2020 09:57
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Why do Americans spell centrist correctly when they can't spell centre?
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Grevling posted:Democracy is like a bird which needs two wings to fly. tbf democracy really is all about resolving conflicts of interest in an equitable manner, and for that to be possible one must tolerate people expressing and justifying those interests. the big problem is that contemporary centrism has still got the bizarre notion that politics is about some abstract ideal of good governance and that all that's left are basically technical questions with objectively rational solutions, which is insane
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DoubleDonut posted:The centrist take on climate change is yes it's happening, yes we're causing it, and nebulous market forces and good rich people will solve it But only if we all work together, and your divisiveness is keeping us from doing so
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Jan 10, 2020 16:23
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No one is happy therefore this is a good compromise
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How is it privileged not to get involved in politics?? Its just not relevant to me is all.
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Its Chocolate posted:centrist take i came up with: the right denies climate change and the left denies overpopulation and as a result neither one of them is going to be dealt with enough to keep them from completely destroying the world overpopulation isn't by itself a problem, it's the overconsumption and pollution that come with it. the planet can support a lot of people
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LastInLine posted:I think you'd have defend the left denying overpopulation. I've heard of lefties who oppose using modern farming techniques which can support a large population which I guess can be construed as the same thing but only if you presuppose the validity of their position on GMOs and industrialized farming. Suspicious posted:overpopulation isn't by itself a problem, it's the overconsumption and pollution that come with it. the planet can support a lot of people
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Suspicious posted:overpopulation isn't by itself a problem, it's the overconsumption and pollution that come with it. the planet can support a lot of people what is and is not overconsumption depends on how many people there are
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ikanreed posted:But only if we all work together, and your divisiveness is keeping us from doing so Yeah. Sums up the problems with politics today.
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asdf32 posted:Yeah. Sums up the problems with politics today. I'm glad you admit centrists like you are the problem with politics today.
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WampaLord posted:I'm glad you admit centrists like you are the problem with politics today. If support for democracy is a problem I guess.
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asdf32 posted:If support for democracy is a problem I guess. maybe that suggests liberal democracy is the problem????
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i've been coming around to centrism lately, it's got all the best bits of socialism (hating other socialists) except the state backs you up instead of disappearing you
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Venomous posted:maybe that suggests liberal democracy is the problem???? Why can't we just go back to old men in smoky rooms deciding who we should vote for?
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yeah, okay. I tried thinking some centrist thoughts for a few minutes there and work just emailed to say they're giving me a standing desk and a raise. seems to be working out so far!
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