• Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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          6 months ago

          Ok fair enough, you’ve got a point. It’s not necessarily support of right wing extremism.

          In the current political climate, it is probably support for right wing extremism.

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            No, Jesus no. The Overton window is so far right anyone who’s taking a “centrist” position is probably a right winger in denial. If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard “I’m not conservative but (endless right wing talking points)” I’d be loaded.

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            Yes, I’m starting to recognize some of the handles lol. And lo, that’s why I stopped engaging :D thanks though!

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          Last panel of the comic: “the other side is worse”

          Comic is clearly criticizing this take.

          Anyone criticizing the tactics of choosing the lesser of two evils is tacitly supporting right wing extremism. See also: don’t vote, vote 3rd party, etc etc

          FiniteBanjo’s comment refers to this as “encouraging us to elect an actual dictator with your both sides revelations”. Ie, encouraging us to enable a Trump victory by claiming that Biden and Trump are just as bad, in a bid to convince leftists to not vote for Biden.

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            Last panel of the comic: “the other side is worse”

            I took it more like the cop saying “this is harm reduction – I could be doing worse, so in reality I’m saving people.”

            I definitely didn’t see that as a critique on centrism, no matter how deserved such a critique is

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            I see where you are coming from but I looked at it the other way, where implying that voting for trump will make it worse. Also I don’t see how criticizing centrists has anything to do with right wing extremism.

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              Criticizing centrism is a well known GOP tactic to suppress the Leftist vote and divide the Democratic party.

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                I criticize centrist because, if you look at all that is happening right now, and are still on the fence as to what party to vote for. You’re a fucking idiot. Right wing politics has always been detrimental towards human advancement.

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                  “Centrist” on Lemmy meaning “liberal” (ie, on the far left of the US political spectrun). What Lemmy calls “leftist” is what the rest of the US calls “radical fringe leftist”.

                  (what does lemmy call right wingers, you ask? They try their best not to mention them).

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            Last panel of the comic: “the other side is worse”

            yep just adding my two cents that this is not the reading i had at all. you may be quite significantly misreading the author’s intent here.

            it’s literally just “we (the cops) are not killing you, be grateful for your persecution”

            edit: explanation that helped others

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        provably not true, or at least not universally so. perfect example: r/ENLIGHTENEDCENTRISM criticizes centrism, and states and adheres to the rule that it is a “Leftist space”