RE: Peter Fonda Makes Vulgar Tweet Suggesting That Barron Trump Be Kidnapped
June 22, 2018 at 10:11 pm
(June 22, 2018 at 10:04 pm)Shell B Wrote: It's not antagonism toward criticism. I don't even consider myself centrist, as much as I consider myself not left or right. I'm literally curious about what you mean because I don't understand your meaning.
Of course centrists can be vicious. People are vicious. What I'm saying is that I don't feel compelled to excuse any shitty behavior because of the side I'm on, because I am on no side. I don't have to defend Trump or Fonda, because neither are my teammates.
What's wrong with centrism? What's wrong with radical centrism? Nothing. It just isn't the left, so you can't possibly be okay with it. It's funny that my criticism is only against far right and left big mouths, but you took it personally. Do you think what I say applies to you?
One thing I think the cultural "left" needs to keep in mind is that they have a lot of potential allies on a host of social issues among so-called centrists, independents, Democrats, etc.
For instance, my centrism is largely defined by security and economic issues. On many social issues, on the other hand, there's hardly a dime's-worth of difference between me and people who self-identify as left-wing -- largely because I tend to view such issues through a libertarian (note the lower case letter) lens.
