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It's almost like the other side would have some sound arguments even if their resolution isn't right or something!
Go infiltrate right wing media. Ask them what they think about Centrism. What y'all need to understand is that Centrism is an umbrella term for all who can't identify with either side. That means that yes, if you come at a centrist criticizing the right or left or centrist while being the other side, chances are they will never 100% agree with you. Thats how it is. Even within Centrism opposite ideas fight and coexist because thats what defines it: we don't align ourselves with any side but ourselves alone, even the idea of Centrism, if it exists. To reiterate, Centrism is not the right side, it never was a side, but simply an umbrella term to call "the unaligned". Well except for Radical Centrism, which is not Centrism, despite its name.
Maybe when we can finally separate ideas from our identities, politics would be remotely constructive from the hellhole it is today.
"Centrism is a political outlook or position involving acceptance or support of a balance of social equality and a degree of social hierarchy while opposing political changes that would result in a significant shift of society strongly to the left or the right." - Wikipedia
Seems like you are describing being an independent, not a centrist, imo.
Centrism is, by definition, fence sitting. Someone who is a centrist will often reach a conclusion along the lines of "the left is too extreme, the right is too extreme, therefore whatever is halfway between them must be right."
This obviously causes some problems. Someone on the left might say gay people are human beings who deserve dignity and respect, while someone on the right might say gay people are icky and unnatural and shouldn't exist. A centrist would naturally conclude that both positions are too extreme, so how about we treat gay people with dignity as long as they stay in the closet and pretend they aren't gay? Then everyone's happy!
Centrists are like libertarians. Their ideology sounds really enlightened and appealing, but in practice, it usually ends up screwing over a lot of people, especially the most vulnerable, and benefiting social conservatives and the wealthy.