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[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

People can have political opinions that are considered left wing on some subjects, and opinions that are typically right wing on other subjects. They can even have political opinions that tries get the best of both sides, where it can apply.

Did you even read what I wrote? No. This isn't even remotely possible. It's like trying to be anti-gun and pro-gun at the same time. Stop trying to twist your incorrect view into being correct.

You can support gay rights while supporting private gun ownership. You can support a capitalist system while demanding for it to be better regulated to prevent abuse and compensate for its shortcomings with social programs. You can promote immigration while still maintaining rules and regulations on the immigration process.

None of these pairs are a mix of left and right wing views. Lefties generally are for gun ownership, for instance, because you need to be armed if you're gonna have a revolution.

For crying out loud just read the wiki on the Left-right political spectrum where they explain perfectly well what centrism is and how it takes place between the left and right.

Why don't you do that? Because it doesn't.

Maybe your interpretation of what centrism is doesn't agree with that. But that's just your opinion.

This is not "just my opinion" any more than the law of gravitation is "just Newton's opinion." These are pretty set in stone facts. You just don't like being wrong.

The left is against hierarchy in general. The right supports hierarchy in general.

All left wing positions come from a desire to break hierarchies. Every single one.

All right wing positions come from wanting to preserve hierarchy. Every single one.

You can't support the right to private property while also wanting to abolish it! It can't be done! You can't go left and right at the same time!

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I will not continue a discussion on a concept with someone who uses his own definition of the concept and cheery picks the arguments he wants to respond to to make it sound valid and the attempts gaslighting like you did. All this after ironically accusing me of being dishonest. Good day sir.

[–] irmoz@reddthat.com -1 points 9 months ago

This is not "my definition". You just never bothered to learn the definition. I also did not "cherry pick" - i responded to every point you made.