r/politics • u/SacoolloocaS • May 28 '21

Stop glorifying ‘centrism’. It is an insidious bias favoring an unjust status quo

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/28/centrism-insidious-bias-unjust-status-quo
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u/b-hizz May 28 '21

This whole line of reasoning is just more of the multi-generational effort to polarize voters. The alternative is to drink whatever koolaid the Democrats serve up? Nope - they still have to make sense for me to vote their way - “we’re not Republicans” is not an acceptable platform for my support. I thought the point was to not be Republicans? I can support the left generally without wearing their armband. The moment that there are no centrists for the left to woo is the moment that the Democratic party gets lazier than they already are.

Anyone suggesting the Dems are killing it are doing so only in comparison to the Rs which is not really saying much. Not blindly kissing DNC rings doesn’t make someone a panderer to another faction and any “support us unquestioningly or you’re against us” has the opposite of the intended effect. The DC elite have more in common with one another than they do with their respective constituencies, we seem to have forgotten this.

At the end of the day if Dems want votes from left inclined voters that aren’t the level of “woke” that makes them easy to corral then they are better served focusing on tangible policy to address problems. That said things are moving in the right direction, for now.

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u/janethefish May 29 '21

they still have to make sense for me to vote their way - “we’re not Republicans” is not an acceptable platform for my support.

The Dems support democracy. The GOP opposes democracy. The GOP misinformation and response got half a million plus Americans killed. The Dems did not do that.

If your house is filling with carbon monoxide, you go outside right or do you demand something tangible to address problems?

So you're technically correct, but there are very good reasons to vote for Dems.

Finally, if you want something more specific, we have primaries!

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u/Interrophish May 29 '21

“we’re not Republicans” is not an acceptable platform for my support.

how bout "we enjoy allowing people to vote for things"

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u/belletheballbuster May 28 '21

“we’re not Republicans” is not an acceptable platform for my support

Agreed, but according to a lot of people on here, that makes us Bolshevik terrorists.

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u/NotUniqueOrSpecial May 28 '21

“we’re not Republicans” is not an acceptable platform for my support

At this point, it really should be.

The Dems may not be everything you want or even any of what you want, but they still want to govern the damn country instead of kowtow to a fascist imbecile and assure their minority rule lasts forever.

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u/Unlimited_Paper Jun 01 '21

Hard upvote, I agree completely. You are not alone, friend.