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Originally Posted by rubecube
Well that's a strawman if I've ever seen one. I wasn't referring to partisans who ride or die based on personal history. I was referring to people who's position on the political spectrum is based on the policies they believe in. I don't vote NDP because orange is my favourite colour. I vote NDP because I think their policies on labour and the welfare state would improve the lives of more Canadians than what the Liberals and Conservatives propose.
Being a centrist doesn't mean your views on policy are inherently less biased or more likely to be objectively correct due to how close to the middle of the spectrum they are.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_to_moderation |
Clearly if one side says the sky is blue and the other side says it's yellow, then being in the middle is choosing to be incorrect but that's a broad stroke especially when it comes to political ideologies that cover a wide range of topics to which there's not always a correct/incorrect solution. The argument is that if you are in the middle you are open to both left and right views sometimes choosing one over the other depending on the topic while extremists on each end are largely digging their heels in the beliefs on one end of the political spectrum.