“The overwhelmingly vast majority of people proclaiming to be (enlightened)centrists are in fact hugely regressive rightwing conservatives.”
incorrect.
The point of the meme is that centrists claiming to see both sides of an issue would see something as extreme as slavery similarly, which is inaccurate trolling.
If your “joke” is simply to make things up to sow discord, you’re no better than MAGA.
making people angry at entire groups for zero reason based on inaccurate information is not a “joke”.
also, bear in mind that the post history of this OP troll is fraught with misinformation.
The point of the meme is that centrists claiming to see both sides of an issue would see something as extreme as slavery similarly, which is inaccurate trolling.
I mean, are the modern republican party’s positions actually that much better? Voter disenfranchisement; removing human rights for women, lgbt people, and other minorities; economic policies that will harm nearly everyone but themselves; colluding with enemy countries; working with Nazis; I mean look at this collection of quotes from the republican candidate for governor of North Carolina. What the fuck is this?
Slavery is not bad. Some people need to be slaves. I wish they would bring it [slavery] back. I would certainly buy a few
- Mark Robinson, North Carolina’s Republican gubernatorial candidate
You’re telling me this guy wouldn’t bring back slavery the nanosecond he thought he could? If not, you’re deluding yourself; he literally says as much verbatim. The republican party is JUST AS BAD, IF NOT WORSE than the people who fought to keep slavery. Anyone who claims to see “both sidez” is quite literally saying that those quotes and the democrats’ policies are equivalently acceptable. That’s basically the OP’s meme.
“are the modern republican party’s positions actually that much better?”
No, but this is conflating centrists with Republicans, which is lazy, inaccurate pot-stirring well, they could have just made the subject of mockery a conservative, witchwood make the comic extrapolation sensible instead of blandly incorrect.
“The republican party is JUST AS BAD, IF NOT WORSE”
thank you for agreeing with me very loudly.
this meme should target conservatives, rather than centrists, you may have missed the point of the meme.
“That’s basically the OP’s meme.”
no, it isn’t.
name is about centrists, not about conservatives or Republicans. If it was, the meme would make sense.
as the meme is, it serves no purpose except to blur political nuances and get you angry.
Does “centrist” not mean “holding views between those of the popular political positions”? Someone who is even half as bad as a republican is still wildly unacceptable. Note that choosing your views based on your own evaluation, whichever corner of the political spectrum that lands you on, doesn’t make you a centrist; it is your final views being between the common reference points that makes you a centrist, regardless of your method for getting there.
“If your “joke” is simply to make things up to so discord, you’re no better than MAGA.”
GUYS HE DID THE THING
Seriously earlier you asked for evidence, can’t do better than that