The Centrist Manifesto

Wow

If I could upvote this a hundred times I would

There is just so much wisdom in this meme

Centrism does not mean squishiness, faint-heartedness, or compromise.

When all the self-absorbed shouting and whining dies down and it’s time to step up, get the job done, and lead the country, folks like us will be there

It seems we centrists are a rare breed these days, but we need to speak up and get the word out about this approach because otherwise the loudest and angriest folks on both sides will inevitably dominate the conversation.

This meme is a beacon in the darkness

Thank you thank you thank you.

Thanks, you deserve more support.
About that Timber1972 guy, he also left a shitstorm on somebody else's profile which can be seen right here: https://www.deviantart.com/xdepressedgothicemox/art/Well-this-escalated-quickly-835556809

Thanks. I gave you a follow after seeing this meme.

Yeah -- I saw that Timber cringefest. Against a brand new account, too. I went to those memes and gave him/her some support.

Timber sees a "Leftist" around every corner, because... well, he's so far to the right. He trolls me all the time but I don't let him bully me. Thus living up to the spirit of your meme.

It's all good in the hood.

I got something that you might like next: imgflip.com/i/3x1kk9

Yeah, hah I actually already saw it and upvoted. Thanks

Have you seen this brand new stream? I reposted your meme there imgflip.com/m/Politics_Redux

Oh yeah and he has an entire stream dedicated to trolling me now haha imgflip.com/m/Even_Cringier

Not technically allowed per TOS but I don’t care, at the end of the day it’s more views for me

You aren't even CLOSE to a centrist

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imgflip.com/m/Cringe_Left

You are a walking talking DNC talking point. Trying to pretend otherwise is utterly laughable

I'm a moderate-liberal. That means I align with Democratic positions much of the time. So guilty as charged, in a way.

I wasn't always that way. I voted McCain in '08 and Gary Johnson in '12 and '16. I'm not stuck in any one framework and I don't play for any one team. My political beliefs evolve over time, because facts change over time.

While I never bought any of the anti-HRC conspiracy theories I didn't like HRC at all on a personal level. I didn't vote for Trump, but I cheered internally when Trump won on Election night. He said some troubling things on the campaign trail, but some other things that agreed with me, and he would at least mark a change from Obama.

Well, I was right about that, but not in a good way. Boring competence is looking better than ever these days.

In the '16 primaries, Joe Biden was my least favorite Dem for personality reasons (mental decline, abundance of cringe), even though his policies themselves are sensible. Biden would put the right people in the right places, and that's where the rubber meets the road of a competent and responsive administration.

99% of the time you won't answer my questions, but from what I've gathered, you support banning abortion from the moment of conception, abolishing many taxes, and all but eliminating the welfare state. I am unable to tell whether you would support any gun restrictions whatsoever

All of this flies in the face of decades of lawmaking and Supreme Court precedent

Who knows what other changes you'd make if you were upfront about your beliefs

You seek a far more radical transformation of modern American government and American life than just about anyone here

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This stream offers an answer.

And it's safe to say that in about 3 days' time it's already exposed more Leftists than you have in your entire life. Hard to do that when you waste as much time as you do pursuing a single moderate-liberal such as myself.

Why? Because your real target isn't the "Left," it's the entire apparatus of modern American government.

I've been accused of being a walking DNC talking point, but as for you, you're well to the right of the GOP

"the idea that the 'entire apparatus of modern American government' IS the Left."

QED

And finally: you offer the definition of "Leftist" that I've been seeking and that I suspected all along. The remainder of your opinions on the "Left" can now even more easily be dismissed as the nonsense that it is

But if you're ever interested in a proper, historically based definition of the American Left, you can start here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Left

But I am afraid that in order to undertake this journey of discovery, you will also have to overcome your aversion to Wikipedia

But it's not too late

The great thing about reality is that it is always here

Interesting, informed opinions get my attention and consideration. Yours are certainly one of those things!

Overall, I've continually given your opinions far more consideration than they're worth, even as you've ducked and dodged my questions.

But this is the money quote that gets to the root of everything you think.

This explains why you're not a Republican and so much else