[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

I think this is a misunderstanding of avoiding political polarity though - it's not about walking a central tightrope on every issue it's about trying to look at each issue individually rather than where the "expected position" falls on the tribal political spectrum.

You've said the same about me plenty of times (secretly aligning with the right and trying to cover it) when it doesn't really flesh out in practice - I quite openly and clearly lean towards the "standard folks on the left" position on pretty much every topic other than gender ideology/identity politics. My stance on those things isn't informed by the right-leaning media whatsoever and is based mostly in the psychology and sociology of gender norms as a whole (and why they're BS). But having that stance on gender (apparently) makes me some sort of hateful right-wing shill who has been taken in by the lies and slander of the MSM ... even though my stance on basically every other social and economic topic skews slightly left. This idea that there needs to be a homogeny of opinion on every topic "or else" one is immediately lumped into the opposing group is just daft. Case in point really; there are, conversely, DEFINITELY some on this forum who have me categorised as a hand-wringing soft lefty liberal.

Well, that's a fine load of whiney bull**** with a whole lot of mental gymnastics to paint yourself as a victim and some sort of enlightened thinker when you're nothing of the sort. It's just the same kind of bull**** with all centrists really. It's all about their own self-image and making themselves look good above all else.

As I said in the past, I'd rather just skip the pageantry and get to the point where centrists drop their masks.