“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.
“Does “centrist” not mean “holding views between those of the popular political positions”?”
roughly.
are you trying to make sure you know what centrists are?
The last part sounds more correct:
“it is your final views being between the common reference points that makes you a centrist”
I’m trying to establish that we’re using the same definition of “centrist”. Because if that’s the case, I don’t see how you could defend centrists. Their views are halfway between reasonable and unthinkable. That’s not a good thing at all.