Political Memes

Where do we put the *cides from left dictatorships?

Right: These people who don't share my opinion need to be genocided!

Left: No! THESE people who don't share MY opinion need to be genocided!

Centre: Could... Could we, like... Not have a crisis on our hands FOR FIVE FUCKING SECONDS!?

I think the true centrist would be the least likely to genocide. Right and left both imply an attachment towards one arbitrary end of the spectrum. Center implies you're willing to entertain ideas from both sides, because realistically the truth almost always lies in the middle of the extremes.

The end state of these ideals is two sides who have nothing alike wanting the other gone, and the others going, "woah wait guys, you're both a little right, let's chat instead of murder." Centrism isn't just not being able to pick a side or take conviction, it's about wanting to synthesize all relevant information into a worldview that is a bit more aligned with reality.

Yeah you really have no idea what you're talking about.

I'm ionaore what it is that makes so many lemmy users think that centrist (like me) are evil or dumb or just enabling right wing extremists. I think it's fair to say that such view are actually quite extremist in themselves.

Let me put it in a similar story as this apparently works for you?

Leftist: all right wings are Nazi's and they all want to commit genocide, we should kill them all before they kill us!

Centrist : well, let's not go so fast? Things aren't that simple nor that black and white. First off, a dead man can't learn, and a lot of actual neo Nazi types are just misinformed, disgruntled and would do well with the right people to look up to. Then, I'm quite sure that most right wing or conservatives aren't anywhere near liking neo nazi ideas, let alone genocide.

I think a lot of the more extreme ones have, like you, over simplified world views that cause these extreme views. I think if you simply keep talking you will find that nearly all of them are like you, have families and friends and a dog, they love people too, they simply have different experiences and ideas than you have. Talk to them.

Also, if you kill allmrifht wing and conservatives, isn't that genocide? I assume you're against genocide, so why are you in favor of killing "them"? That is king of a right wing thing, according to you, do you want to be that?

In short, it's not that simple, moet people really aren't that bad.

Leftist: WHAT? HOW DARE YOU, YOU NAZI! WE SHOULD KILL YOU FOR DISAGREEING!

Centrist: wut?

It's moreso Right: Let's kill muslims Left: Let's kill jews Centrists: let's not do either of that

First it has to be genocide for anyone with a brain to care about posts like this.

Genocide is?

Don't cheapen the word.

Ironically, in Germany, both the far left and the far right a re in favor of genocide. It's even the same genocide!

Really makes you realize, that the political spectrum is much more a circle than a line.

What genocide is this dude even talking about?

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.

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