• pimento64@sopuli.xyz
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    4 days ago

    “NOOOOOOO you have to pick one of the two teams or you’re a RADICAL CENTRIST!!!”

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      3 days ago

      Not really the point, but that’s a funny little oxymoron; to be a radical anything you’d need to be actually committed to something so much that you want to do actual ground work to further a cause.

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        3 days ago

        It is a real thing but the term radical is used a bit different

        The radical in the term refers to a willingness on the part of most radical centrists to call for fundamental reform of institutions.[1] The centrism refers to a belief that genuine solutions require realism and pragmatism, not just idealism and emotion

        So not radical as in extremist action but radical change

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      4 days ago

      Now hang on. If you pretend the two teams are the same and refuse to pick a side because neither is perfect so it doesn’t matter, you are an enabler of fascism.

      You can support a team while acknowledging their flaws. Refusing to play because the better team isn’t perfect is either naive or malicious.