I mean, a lot of them are tankies.
this post was submitted on 07 May 2025
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I'd rather have a politician who does absolutely nothing than a fascist.
Yes, this is how the two-pronged strategy works to ensure the working class never improves its standing.
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They’re not political, they just wantt to see common sense policies on immigration (for brown people) and crime (for brown people).
Which is a shame because immigration can be one of the greatest boons to rural America.
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Funny how there's a bunch of people in the comments essentially just unironically repeating the meme: "Well this must be wrong because I believe this and I'm actually a centrist!!!"
That's the point, buddy. You're the butt of the joke. The idea that the far-left and far-right are equally bad or warrant the same amount of scrutiny and criticism is a right-wing belief.
To make the point more obvious instead of using "left" and "right" look at specific political beliefs that the far-left and far-right have:
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Equality across social and demographic groups vs. State-enforced racism, sexism and other kinds of bigotry
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Abolishment of bourgeois property and money vs. Complete privatization, oligarchy and corruption
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Globalization, peaceful relations and a right to live where you want vs. Complete isolationism and xenophobia
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Right to self-governance and no government with a monopoly on violence vs. State sanctioned violence against those considered undesirable or traitors
Hopefully I don't need to explain which one is obviously worse. To equate what the far-left and the far-right advocate for one must misrepresent the left, so both-sides-ism inherently has a right-wing slant.
the left general public: let's alienate the people that might agree with us, but be shocked when the right wins.
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Both sides exclude me for holding my particular set of opinions. I'm on my side, fuck you!
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I run into this on dating apps. “Centrist” and “apolitical” are both code for “conservative.”
I've heard that many men do this because they've realized, in some capacity, that outright admitting they're right-wing limits their opportunities. In my circles, I've noticed this "I'm actually a centrist/apolitical" trend is also found among popular developers and tech influencers.
Saying you're anti-woke gets you shunned and surrounded by horrible people, but saying you're just apolitical gets you the blessing and protection of self-proclaimed centrists. When you, for example, marginalize LGBT folks and get called out, countless will gather to complain about people "dragging politics into tech." Bryan Lunduke will come out of his cave and write a piece about how the trans fetish is trying to kill open source.
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Ah yes, the classical "you're either with us or against us"
This is false.
I feel like most people here are american, which would explain this point of view
I'll grant you that this is very much an American sentiment currently, but it's not exactly a purely tribal take when the centrist opinion is that sometimes Nazis can have good ideas.
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No.
This is just the case on (yes American, make your own sites that would be nice) every intended forum.
Shit even my in laws say they are centrist, they don’t hold a single view that’s centrist. They vote down ticket republican their whole lives. This is a thing republicans do.
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As a centrist, I approve with this message. An actual centrist does not compromise with nazis.
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You are the masked guy, pigjizzus.
You only wanted a little genocide in Gaza, you know, as a compromise. And then you lost.
You don't deserve empathy from either side lmao
Also don't get me started at all these asshole whining under every Gaza post that "aT leAst we doNt haVe kaMala /s i am very smart"
Usually it ends with "palestinian deserved it".
Dang, I wish I could've seen what this comment says instead of having someone else decide for me.
An older acronym for the same thing, BSABSVR
Both Sides Are Bad So Vote Republican.
Both Sides Are Bad So Vote Republican.
God, growing up, I heard the equivalent of that so often from the less-lead-poisoned of my conservative community.
"Well, you don't really know what's true, and both sides lie. Really, both parties are just out for themselves. There's no difference between them."
"So you aren't voting?"
"Oh no, I'm definitely voting Republican."
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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.
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