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Do you think centrists are bad?
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this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2026
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Strawman centrists are drawn as people who think the right choice between genocide and peace is only-killing half. This is obviously nonsense, yet you'll see it a lot even in this thread.
A proper centralist is someone that disposes with political tribalism and instead chooses their position on issues individually. Sometimes they'll agree with one party, sometimes another. It depends who has the better policy. They believe that no party has all the answers.
I would say that if everybody did this it would be fantastic.
However, they are rarer that rocking horse shit.