• heron@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    If you can’t describe at least a few downsides to your tribe’s vision for humanity you haven’t asked enough questions. Extremists, almost by definition, don’t see the downsides to their own views. This is why they don’t like “centrists”; we ask questions they don’t like the answers to.

    • TSG_Asmodeus (he, him)@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I think what they don’t like is being told there’s some sort of ‘middle ground’ with groups like Fascists. Like are we compromising on which minorities aren’t allowed to exist, or which groups are ‘un pure’ and forced to leave (said) country?

      There’s also the rather awkward point the ‘centrist’ starts parroting right-wing talking points…