Every. Fucking. Time.
Every. Fucking. Time.
tweet by Calum @MrMakeFun:
Right: Let's do genocide
Left: Let's not do genocide
Center: Guys, you're gonna have to compromise, let's just do /some/ genocide
Right: I guess I can live with that for now
Left: No
Center: See, this is why no one likes the left, you guys are the real extremists, smh
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Which genocide are we centrists getting accused of pandering to this time? And in my personal opinion, both sides suck and there are too many on both sides trying to fuel the rift of hate and isolation. Both allow the actions of a few people be a judgement of the whole people. But yes. The centrists are to blame
All of them, centrists literally enable all fascists and authoritarians, it's what you do, not really something to brag so proudly about supporting.
E: omfg they edited in that whole second half just to get the "both sides" in there for good measure, they can't help themselves 🤣🤣🤣
I actually did that before you even replied the first time. Nice try
I'm not bragging. But I'm also not going to hide my beliefs because people don't like it. Accusing centrists of things like that is the same as accusing libs of abandoning military personnel in combat zones. Also accusing them getting away with potential espionage (Clinton's basement computer). You see where I'm going with this?
Read some books, I beg you. Look at the position of every centrist party in every country in history before, leading up to and during every single war. They vote almost in lock step with the right, and often use the spectre of the "extreme left" to justify siding with fascists. Please, just do a little reading about Weimar Germany, pre-fascist Italy, imperial japan etc.
Thanks for the info. But as far as I know we aren't talking about Weimar Germany or pre-fascist Italy, or imperial Japan. Political parties change. After the Civil War the democratic and republican parties flipped. Lincoln was a republican, but in this day and age, he would swing more left. And I might have a Mississippi education, but last time I checked, you can be in a certain party and disagree with the stands. If that weren't the case, then I guess Liz Cheney is wrong for stepping and pointing out that something is wrong with the republican party?
If you think there are no similarities between the current US and the Weimar Republic you either are excited about where it went or you are just genuinely that ill informed.
You can be in a certain party up to a point. At a certain point, you are choosing loyalty and in group affiliation over morals. Also Liz Cheney is an imperialist shitbag like her dad, she was right about literally one thing and is otherwise abhorrent.
Centrism isn't a party. It can't "switch sides". It's an ideology. An ideology which exists exclusively in relationship to the context from which it's born. The ideology of centrism, by definition, exists in the same place in all contexts. And the political reality of what the left and right do in any given context, contesting or maintaining the status quo, means that the centrist is always, defintionally, just conservative lite. We conserve some stuff but not others. They keep this ideological cancer even when the right wants to literally genocide. The OP is a joke, but it's based in the historical reality of centrist politicians and their voting base under liberal democracy. I urge you to read a book, ideally something outside of the American education business.
Suggestions?
World history 1800-modern times
Even though you're not even claiming to be a liberal, but a proud centrist (lmfao, clown), I think if you actually cared, these could still be applied to answer your "question" (you clearly don't care and aren't asking because you actually want to know, and these links aren't really for you, but if you ever feel like taking your head out of your ass, they might be a good place to start):
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/10/14/liberalism-and-fascism-partners-in-crime/
https://blacklikemao.medium.com/how-liberalism-helps-fascism-d4dbdcb199d9
(am really getting some good use out of these links!)
First things first, I haven't insulted you or talked down to you, I would appreciate the same.
Secondly, what do you know about ME other than our minimal interaction on the internet? You make a judgement call for a few sentences and that's just fine and dandy?
Third, I do care in my own individual way. Why can't we look inside a single group and root out the individual bad seeds. You think every centrist wants to enable genocide? That's a really closed off perspective.
I acknowledge the history in those articles you gave. Thank you for those BTW. But in this day and age, things aren't so black and white. It's difficult for people to make changes for the better while being accused of being a fascist, or a clown, or an enabler. Every single day there is evidence that the individual should be looked at, not who they associate or affiliate with. In my opinion people don't even get the chance to condemn before they have the exact same label that their counterpart has.
No. You don't need to listen to every statement the other side has to say. That's ridiculous and if that was expected, then that completely does away with free thought and fascist.
No. Not everything needs to be compromised. Nothing should be compromised when it comes to basic human rights and needs ((that includes healthcare (physical and mental) housing, food, education.
Still consider myself a centrist. Sorry if that offends you
Just replace "white moderate" with "centrist" and MLK explained the problem down to the nitty gritty, with a very clear (but not singular) example.
The article itself rebuts the "but that was decades ago" rebuttal you are already starting to type.
https://www.denverpost.com/2023/01/16/martin-luther-king-legacy-racism-birmingham-opinion-carroll/
