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Sigh...It was a solid article, but it's a both sides issue.
That's where the both sides come in. Centrists like me are the enemy.
For example: I'm for equal rights and LGBT rights, but against kids participating in drag shows. Dancing for dollars is not a skill preteens should have. (Yes, I've been to a drag show when that happened, and that's when I turned in my hard liberal card). I'm for BLM, but for the love of god, stop protesting people getting shot while holding a weapon. George Floyd was tragic, ~~Travon Martin~~ Michael Brown was justified.
The whole world hates men like me. I'm just a middle class white dude making responsible decisions. I'm clearly the devil according to both sides of major media these days. I'm either a liberal elite or a TERF. There's no in-between. There's no subtle discussions to be had about any major issues today. You're either in the frothing mad Trump army, or you're in the frothing mad militant BLM feminist mob.
Either way I vote in the next election is bad for America. The extremists are going to win.
EDIT: Just look at the the replies to this. It's all insanity from both sides.
Hi, also a middle class white dude making responsible decisions and, white dude to white dude, you're stuck a little too much up your own ass.
Great, you went to some risqué drag shows. Good for you. Do you think ALL of them are like that? Are you so short sighted that you cannot fathom experiences outside of your own? Do you feel like your small sliver of understanding means you should dictate a parent's ability to make their own decisions on what is appropriate for their child?
And do you not understand that the children at drag shows is just a transphobic smoke and mirrors meant to prey on the "morally superior" yokals like yourself? These fascists are stripping away the rights of transgender people, making them scared for their very lives, because people like you are eating up this complete bullshit.
And just shut up about BLM. It's not your place, it's not MY place, to tell a marginalized and oppressed people when they can and cannot protest. Just because you think the treatment of the individual is "justified", it does not matter. What an absolutely absurd and arrogant thing to say, really.
Seek more understanding before you choose to open your mouth on issues that you obviously do not understand. You cannot get haughty with folks that respond to you with anger and insults because you've clearly chosen ignorance over understanding. You need to come to terms with just how selfish and self-indulgent your views are before you can ever understand these issues you have chosen to insult with your callowness.
I truly wish there was a party for you. It sucks we only have two parties to choose from that are basically polar opposites.
My only pitch is to ask, of the two, which do you think is more likely to "make room" for more third parties?
Neither frankly. We get to choose between hard R or soft R these days.
We need universal healthcare, UBI, labor unions, etc...Neither side is going to provide those things without a bloody revolt.
Which brings me back to my original post. That's what media missing...There's a huge swath of people in the middle that are simply not affected by the fringe issues and we are at best simply ignored, or as you can tell from the replies absolutely hated.
I see why people are becoming radicalized.
Found the "centrist".
If children enjoying a show with people dressing opposite from their genitals is a good reason to accept Fascism, no wonder you're a disgusting boot licker.
Centrists are neither left nor left. In fact I'd suggest they're just Republicans terrified of the label because they know that they'd be lumped with white supremacists and women haters.
Let me be clear as well: we don't want you on our side of the issue if this is where you ended up after the last decade - no one is going to convince you of anything. Stick to the Nazis!
Oh poor little you. "Responsible decisions" like crying on social media about how mean the world is to you male white middleclass ass? Are you the next Kyle Rittenhouse or what?
You make me ashamed of being in the same demographic group as yourself. Try to educate yourself and have some compassion.
Lol...you can cut off the man bun and step away from the keyboard. It's nice outside.