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points by verdverm 3 days ago | 0 comments
it's a metric for the extremes, both far left and hard right

the rest of us want debates and compromise

[–] cowlevel 2 days ago
Compromise like

Person A: let's torture immigrants

Person B: let's not

Person C: whoa whoa hold on. Isn't there space in the middle that will please everyone? Let's only torture half the immigrants

There's a reason "enlightened centrist" is such a maligned stereotype. As stupid as person A is in the mock exchange above, person C is clearly even stupider.

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