Reply #61: "Centrists" are as gung ho about their ideology as anyone on the extremes or more so [View All]

"Centrist" compromise but only with regressives.

"Centrists" are just as devoted to their flavor of economic and foreign policy as anyone they are willing to bend on civil liberties, the safety net, and always on some one else's civil rights.
They bend one way as not to get run out of the party and the other to work with the opposition to advance their military and/or economic agenda.

There is no center and there sure as fuck aren't any "Centrists" and if there are any they should be ignored for the good of the people and the party. Most people assuming this label agree with the Republicans on economics, foreign policy, the use of the military, and the police state while not being avid theocrats and/or not being bigots (while they are more concerned about not upsetting the apple cart than people's rights).

You are what used to be "reasonable Republicans" and slipping as you become indistinguishable from the mainstream Republicans of the past on most issues.

"Centrists" are toxic to democracy because on structural issues they agree with the fascists and propel the destructive resource imbalance as well as corporate influence.