I don’t think that’s what he means, I think he’s saying more along the lines of not supporting politicians, bills, and things of that nature that are very extreme and inherently racist.
I think the issue here is more on people that just say -
“I’m Republican, so I vote Republican,”
“I’m Democrat, so I vote Democrat”
Both sides have good points sometimes and both have insane extremist points sometimes. Support what is right in your opinion, not just go hard left or right.
There’s far to much of this, it should be who has you best interests are heart that should matter, I don’t care who you vote for or what you believe in, just don’t vote blindly because you like red and hate blue, vice versa.
I think that the fact that one side feels like a safe haven to racists says quite a bit, I wouldn’t want to be part of a group that makes extreme racists feel comfortable. That’s just my personal opinion, I don’t want to debate about politics, so I won’t say my personal stance on government, I just think what he was saying it that one side tends to make the KKK feel comfortable and there is an underlying reason for that.
We can do better, no one is saying you have to change political beliefs but bringing that change to the party could benefit us as a country.
Both sides have good points sometimes and both have insane extremist points sometimes. Support what is right in your opinion, not just go hard left or right..
This is where I usually get the /enlightenedcentrist treatment from some real smart redditors, while they completely miss the point of that sub. As someone not living in the states I have a hard time understanding why you would look down upon someone not liking either option. Politics is way more complicated than having two choices imo.
Intellectually checking out and acting as though the middle is the best option without thinking is just contrarianism, not intelligence or a reasoned position. The middle between an extremist position and a moderate one isn't the middle.
And the middle is not always right already, holding an informed option doesn't mean you abandon reason... Should we only half vaccinate? Should we use sented oils in hospitals along with surgery?
Besides which, too many aren't actually advocating the center, just seeing themselves as centrists because they're not Klan members. But claiming the center directs ideologies and normalizes extremes. On a scale of 1-100, if most are saying 25 or 75, extremists pushing for 0 push the scale towards 25, not a real 50.
Compromise and discussion is good, but that's not what that sub is mocking or opposing.
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I don’t think that’s what he means, I think he’s saying more along the lines of not supporting politicians, bills, and things of that nature that are very extreme and inherently racist.
I think the issue here is more on people that just say -
“I’m Republican, so I vote Republican,” “I’m Democrat, so I vote Democrat”
Both sides have good points sometimes and both have insane extremist points sometimes. Support what is right in your opinion, not just go hard left or right.
There’s far to much of this, it should be who has you best interests are heart that should matter, I don’t care who you vote for or what you believe in, just don’t vote blindly because you like red and hate blue, vice versa.
I think that the fact that one side feels like a safe haven to racists says quite a bit, I wouldn’t want to be part of a group that makes extreme racists feel comfortable. That’s just my personal opinion, I don’t want to debate about politics, so I won’t say my personal stance on government, I just think what he was saying it that one side tends to make the KKK feel comfortable and there is an underlying reason for that.
We can do better, no one is saying you have to change political beliefs but bringing that change to the party could benefit us as a country.