And its a mistake to think of people who find themselves there just on that spectrum are wishy-washy & uncommitted.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I have argued in terms of a centre in the past but I've always really been talking abt a set of principles rooted in liberalism & humanism.
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Which are found on the left & right but not in the extreme reaches of either.
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Being a centrist just means that you don't find absolutely everyone around you entirely unreasonable.
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But why don't you? Not because of a philosophical commitment to finding the middle point of things. Real principles in play.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Correct. Most of what I have to say is already in Mill, Dewey, and Rorty.
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Replying to @LunaSparks34
Yeah. Centre is descriptive of a position relative to societal norms. It doesn't say what they are & what they mean.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @LunaSparks34
Neither of us would have centrist views if we lived in Pakistan but ppl who did have centrist ones there would understand people around them
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Replying to @HPluckrose @LunaSparks34
So 'centrism' has limited usefulness and we're better off discussing the range of opinions we find acceptable & what links them ethically.
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Agreed. Only useful as a shorthand if understanding at outset is that you're simply willing to find merit in principled, reasoned argument.
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That's what's important, yes. Reason and principles around liberalism in a broad sense.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Either we're engaged in some serious confirmation bias here, or we're both making just shit tons of sense.
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