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[–] 22 points 4 months ago (1 child)

There ARE extremists on both sides, but the entire US political spectrum is so skewed toward the right that these "centrists" are standing JUST outside of the extreme right, and several miles from the closest social democracy proponent, while screaming "DON'T COME ANY CLOSER" to the left, shaking in fear.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Yes. One side wants to extremely secure healthcare as a right for you and the other wants to extremely exterminate minority groups of all stripes.

    And the phrase you're looking for is overton window.

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  • [–] 24 points 4 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    "Trust us! We're the unprincipled, opportunistic fence-sitters."

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago* (3 children)

    I mean tankies are real. They really do exist.

    I've encountered a few of them here.

    It's just there are way less of them than extremist rights.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Tankies aren't extreme left tho, I'd argue. They're imperialist totalitarians, which isn't exactly left. I'd call them centrists at best, but we all know where totalitarianism leads...

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    Somehow American leftists taking a minimum viable stance around the most basic inalienable human rights to exist seems to equate to being "extreme" by centrist and republican standards.

    "How dare those impoverished browns suggest they shouldnt be murdered and stolen from! So racist and extreme!"

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    [–] 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    they are not "centrists" they are "fascist collaborators"

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