Of course this sub is back. God.
this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2023
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The goal of this community is to point out the hypocrisy of the centrist types who often align with (sometimes extreme) right wing views.
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Seriously. US "centrists" are right wing anywhere else. Also, cowards & apologists.
Overton window issues, i can believe that to be fair. I just still dont like anti-centrism
Partisans naturally hate centrists and independents and third partiers and the like.
It's impossible, at least if one has any real knowledge of politics, to genuinely support any party in and of itself, since they're all home to some significant number of grifters, zealots and megalomaniacs, so are all flawed to some notable extent. So the only way that a partisan can dependably argue in favor of their preferred party is as the alternative to an opposing party. And that only really works if theirs is thought to be the only alternative.
I dunno... I'd say that the position, "I view this person's opinions to be such a threat that they should be killed" really is rightly seen to be a significant part of the problem with fascists, so it is a position I can't take, and that I don't like to see people with whom I otherwise agree take.
I think it's near certain that throughout history, the most harm hasn't been done by people who were knowingly evil, but by people who were absolutely convinced that they were good, and that they were fighting against evil.
There is a huge difference between wanting to kill people due to their "differences of opinion"/race/nationality/sexuality/religion/ect. and fighting to stop fascists from committing genocide or oppressing marginalized groups.
Fascists will never be interested in stopping to compromise or listen to reason.