"It's bad when centrists do X, it's so cynical, you know they don't really mean it yikes cringe etc" This endorses the logic of X, ascribing normative weight to "pure" usage and condemning cynical deployment. But cynical vs pure is idealistic drivel. Politicians want power.
We might start by considering whether the categories we ascribe to individuals are really so meaningful in the grand scheme. Personality traits, party affiliation, named dogma, preferred porn genre. Could we make a system that runs even if everyone is a kind of a jerk? Cause uh.