"BTW, I don't think there's anything particularly mindless about the middle as long as you're not afraid to take a stand."
Yeah, I specified mindless centrism to differentiate it from...let's call it principled centrism. People who are too fond of the "fine people on both sides" way of thinking don't take a stand. Which is the problem.
"BTW, I don't think there's anything particularly mindless about the middle as long as you're not afraid to take a stand."
Yeah, I specified mindless centrism to differentiate it from...let's call it principled centrism. People who are too fond of the "fine people on both sides" way of thinking don't take a stand. Which is the problem.
I'm a firm believer in trying to understand people who I disagree with, I just can't stand the people who treat issues that are actually important as philosophical thought exercises. It's why I'd rather somebody took a stance I disagreed with and explained why they felt that way, than the pasty bothsidesism that some centrists are guilty of.
"BTW, I don't think there's anything particularly mindless about the middle as long as you're not afraid to take a stand."
Yeah, I specified mindless centrism to differentiate it from...let's call it principled centrism. People who are too fond of the "fine people on both sides" way of thinking don't take a stand. Which is the problem.
I'm a firm believer in trying to understand people who I disagree with, I just can't stand the people who treat issues that are actually important as philosophical thought exercises. It's why I'd rather somebody took a stance I disagreed with and explained why they felt that way, than the pasty bothsidesism that some centrists are guilty of.
Yeah but it's hard to do that when your base is white supremacists and you hope to get re-elected ( not my problem obviously) 😁