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[–] masquenox@lemmy.world 129 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Centrists - making the world a friendlier place for fascism since forever.

[–] mathematicalMagpie@lemm.ee 88 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Centrist is picking and choosing from each side, not doing a little of everything.

[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

the dogshit stupid takes i see in this community are just proving that nobody here has actually ever encountered a centrist

[–] orrk@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

please do tell me about your mythical centrist

[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This comment does not inspire confidence in your willingness to actually read it.

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[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I haven’t encountered many unicorns either, just horses with ice cream cones on their head. Still looking though.

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[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I'm also picking and choosing from each side, which is why I'm a leftist. Does that make me a centrist?

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[–] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 81 points 1 year ago (6 children)

You people make up such fantasies in your head. This is far from the common trail of thought.

[–] Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Echo chambers and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race

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[–] daw_germany@feddit.de 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

Bro/Sis this is what is happening in the debate about refugees in Germany right now so no, actually you are wrong

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[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 77 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Just a little casual genocide, nothing major, some dead LGBT folk here, some dead minorities there... normal stuff. Just wanna grill.

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[–] yui@lemmy.world 65 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I can't believe someone with an anime profile picture isn't spouting bigoted nonsense.

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[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 59 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A little genocide never killed anyone.

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[–] AnotherAttorney@kbin.social 54 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Ha, you activated my trap card. I play not-so controversial opinion. Flavor text, "Biden is center right."

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[–] geissi@feddit.de 54 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Interesting how everyone seems to think this tweet from 2018 seems to refer to th situation in Gaza in 2023.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right?! When I posted it, I was making a statement about enlightened centrism and not even thinking about the Gaza situation. Instead of genocide you can insert any morally abhorrent thing that should not be tolerated. But I get why people think it's related, it's on everyone's mind. Thank you for noticing though.

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[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair, the situation in Gaza isn't new and was probably the same in 2018

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[–] Skedule@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] computerscientistI@lemm.ee 39 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Are you 'murican? I don't think the rest of the world agrees on any of the US's "definitions" of left, right and liberal. From a European POV, the US democrats are really, really far to the right. Sanders might be leaning toward the center. The republicans are a strange mixture of libertarian regarding economical matters and very very right-wing/intrusive on personal matters. Whenever someone even mentions/comments other people's sexual orientation and identity I automitcally assume they are creep that wants to sniff other people's bedsheets. How can you be partly libertarian and also creepily nazi-intrusive? US-republican invention I can't wrap my head around, that is.

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[–] schnaggle@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (15 children)

i hate to break it to you, but there are a lot of leftists that are very comfortable with genocide.

r/tankiejerk

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[–] erranto@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

Lets be honest with ourselves, half of the left is in support of the genocide happening is gaza. have seen this in both US left. and just as much in German, UK, Dutch left parties. only the French left has somewhat of a push back against that, France seems to be the only western country to still have genuine left factions among its left parties.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago (30 children)

half of the left is in support of the genocide happening is gaza.

Liberals aren't leftists, Clyde. They are literally the centrists (ie, confused right-wingers) the meme is referring to.

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[–] nednobbins@lemm.ee 32 points 1 year ago (19 children)

Which centrists actually support any amount of genocide?

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[–] sleepy555@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

E: Every down vote without discussion just proves my point even more. You're all in a cult.

Nah, both sides suck for different reasons.

Most situations have more choices than the two you are often presented with. For example, who is in the right, Hamas or Israel? Neither of them. They're both trying to justify killing innocent people because the other side killed innocent people.

In the meme, a centrist would obviously agree with the Democrat. If it were flipped and the Democrat were saying some equally off the wall thing, they'd side with the Republican. They've both become extremist versions of what they once were and the other side points out the obvious insanity and gets to feel smug about their low hanging trophy. And dumbass people from both sides eat it up.

Why do you think people are clinging to the center despite all the weird hate against it? They don't want to be associated with either side. Both sides get some things right and some things wrong. Yet, we're expected to take them as a package deal, because politics have become cult like.

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[–] Sagifurius@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can have a little genocide, as a treat

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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others!

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[–] gearheart@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Right: Let's cut off our Dicks.

Left: Let's not cut off our Dicks.

Center: Guys, your going to have to compromise, let's just do some dick cutting.

Right: I guess I can live with that for now.

Left: No.

Center: See, this is why no one likes the left, you guys are the real extremists, smh

[–] Udonezo@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This has to be the most circlejerk post of all time.

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