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[โ€“] atro_city@fedia.io 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

enlightened centrists

Yes, it's better to see the world in black and white, right and wrong, good and bad. There is no middle ground, ever.

[โ€“] aleph@lemm.ee 31 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

EnLiGhTeNeD cEnTrIsM is not the view that there is no middle ground ever; it's the assertion that there must always be a middle ground, even in situations where there is no reasonable compromise.

Or, to paraphrase the late James Baldwin: we can agree to disagree unless your disagreement is rooted in my right to exist.