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Showing Original Post only (View all)Centrists are by no means even close to a threat to Democracy. Lack of centrists is [View all]
Our polarized and partisan political divide today is toxic and breeds demagogues who compete with each other to be even more extreme.
The long ago days of collegial words for
The opposition and true compromise on a broad set of
Issues happened because our country had many more moderates so that you could have long time Republicans all over Nee England and lots of Democrats elected in the Deep South.
Moderation is a good thing for stability. Moderates or centrists may be vanilla yogurt when it comes to promoting new ideas or revolutionary change, but centrism doesnt lead to the downfall of democratic institutions.
BTW, many Liberal voices couldnt stand Barack Obama because he was a centrist
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Centrists are by no means even close to a threat to Democracy. Lack of centrists is [View all]
blake2012
May 2018
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The problem is that today's centrists... the few that are around... are yesterday's far right.
lapfog_1
May 2018
#1
Yesterdays Radical Left is todays centrism Yesterdays centrism is today's Radical Right
LostOne4Ever
May 2018
#7
By their very definition, moderates are slower adopters of change than radicals
blake2012
May 2018
#9
No. If deals were to be made, it is with moderates on the other side of the aisle
blake2012
May 2018
#17
I very clearly did not give the farther left in Dem caucus the false equivalence
blake2012
May 2018
#42
This cartoon sums up what compromise has looked like over the last several decades:
Garrett78
May 2018
#62
I truly think that part of the problem is that the Internet tends to keep the two sides from talking
Stonepounder
May 2018
#15
Perfect illustration and I agree about not only the internet but our overly curated lives
blake2012
May 2018
#18
the problem with centrism is that it exists between the left and wherever the fuck the right decides
JCanete
May 2018
#16
Agreed. Which is why MLK said the arc of history is long but bends toward justicd
blake2012
May 2018
#20
My values have gotten more liberal since the 80's and others have too. Key policy areas show
blake2012
May 2018
#21
Well I disagree with your post of equivalence, being mad and getting mad are two different things
Uncle Joe
May 2018
#46
Almost all our problems are caused by the religious takeover of the republicans
GulfCoast66
May 2018
#55