Not necessarily. I also think that both sides extremes are absolutely awful.
The difference is that us "real" "both-siders" realize and agree that the fascist side is much more imminent and dangerous and therefore tend to ally with the left.
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This is some crazy doublethink shit. It's clear just looking at the inconsistent interpretation from all the top-level comments that 'centrist' is a blanket term that both describes 'centrist' positions and also 'left/right radicals'. The only consistent is whether the subject is subjecting the in-group to criticism
The same user constantly harps on 'far-left' progressives complaining about democratic positions, and calls himself a centrist.
This is just standard 'out-group' gatekeeping. "If you're not with us, you're against us" shit.
"Bothsides types are indistinguishable both in form and in end-result, regardless of whether they claim to be centrists or leftists"
"This is crazy doublethink shit!"
Bothsides types are indistinguishable
... Yea, see there it is. "Bothsides types are indistinguishable [in the way they criticize my party]"
[in the way they criticize my party]
What
As long as you're amoral and self-serving, you can only be a "right winger", whatever that means. It's only when you dispel the myth of moral relativism and believe that, yeah, some things ARE wrong (and we should avoid and condemn them, of course), that you can start becoming a person worth existing and worth listening to. And if you're not very smart nor very brave you might be a "non radical" "leftist" but hey, your heart is probably in the right place so I'm not gonna hate (too much).
Lemmy being black or white like always. You can be a leftist, vote for the left and still recognize the flaws in your own parties and the good ideologies in the other…
I swear, the left usually calls itself open-minded, but as soon as someone on the right comes around, instead of trying to convince them with arguments, they are being called straight up evil russian bots. So what do they do, they go back to truth social, where they are well treated, and keep voting conservative.
Lemmy being black or white like always. You can be a leftist, vote for the left and still recognize the flaws in your own parties and the good ideologies in the other…
That's very different from asserting that both sides are the same.
Someone: "both parties share this specific commonality"
PugJesus: "oh rly?? Both sides are LITERALLY the same??"
Don't you dare suggest that my party has a common flaw with the other party and can be responsible for their own losses, you fascist.
Someone: “both parties share this specific commonality”
PugJesus: “oh rly?? Both sides are LITERALLY the same??”
Bruh, there are no end of people I can quote on here saying that both parties are exactly the same, that there's no meaningful difference between them, that Trump is just business as usual, and that bourgeois democracy has been on an unceasing march becoming ever-more fascist since its inception.
Only someone with an agenda would take 'exactly the same' to mean 'identical' in this context. I don't even care if you could source someone using the word 'exactly', which I would guess is far less common than you're suggesting.
I think it's malicious that you use 'centrist' in this way, because anyone pointing to similarities between the parties would likely be the furthest thing from 'centrist' on any commonly use political scale (as flawed as those are)
Only someone with an agenda would take ‘exactly the same’ to mean ‘identical’ in this context.
Jesus fucking Christ.
I'm not kidding. I don't think you could explain the thing you're taking issue with without projecting your ethical framework onto it.
We can have a conversation about effective/acceptable methods of activism without all this bullshit posturing. Just say the thing you mean and leave the agitprop to the activists.
I’m not kidding. I don’t think you could explain the thing you’re taking issue with
"I take issue with the presentation of all major sides of an issue to be indistinguishable because they are both flawed, with the implicit or explicit exhortation to support neither, when there are obvious and important differences between the two with one being unambiguously preferable, and choosing neutrality is siding with the oppressor"?
without projecting your ethical framework onto it.
What the ever-loving fuck would be describing a political issue without projecting an ethical framework onto it?
We can have a conversation about effective/acceptable methods of activism without all this bullshit posturing. Just say the thing you mean and leave the agitprop to the activists.
"'Bothsides' attitude is bullshit and, ultimately, right-wing bullshit"?
Both sides are similar in behavior, not in ideology. Right winger’s are treated just as bad here as leftists are treated on truth social. Both sides are somehow convinced their idea is the absolute truth and the other side is the devil itself.
the meme is explicitly not talking about those people
Honestly I’m talking more about the people in the comments than the meme itself.
The people in the comments are also not 🤔
Mr Jenkins!?
Nothing in the meme that directly names political parties.
Are you someone who calls yourself a centrist but can't decide if kids should be shot in schools or Healthcare is a human right? Weird.
No, I don’t think kids should be shot, and healthcare should be a thing. But here anyway, the current healthcare system is broken, and some of the conservative ideas are trying to fix it, while the left is fine leaving it half working. While I’m still a leftist, I do recognize their point and am not calling them evil for it…
some of the conservative ideas are trying to fix it,
No, they literally are not. You are making things up.
The problem is those "Centrists" are the mainstream Democratic party. There is no left-wing in national politics. The left has no one to vote for.
Yeah but you hate democracy if you say that!
I run into this on dating apps. “Centrist” and “apolitical” are both code for “conservative.”
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