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Genuinely?
For me it's a few things namely;
- tendency to consider other view points/factors - aka "boths-sides" in modern parlance
- not holding extreme and unrealistic opinions/considering the practical
- failure to put all the things in binary opposition
- tendency to consider other view points/factors - aka "boths-sides" in modern parlance
hugo7-
"I make rational decisions based on logical inference from evidence; YOU are ideological / tribal / in hock to the Party"
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Genuinely?
For me it's a few things namely;
tendency to consider other view points/factors - aka "boths-sides" in modern parlance
not holding extreme and unrealistic opinions/considering the practical
failure to put all the things in binary oppositionI think your bullet points are more related to my personality (or lack of) rather than political views. I have an autism disorder,a massive data nerd and also earn a living, at least in part, from analysing things as objectively as I can. It doesn't help that I'm also the world's largest pedant. Its possible to be left wing but know that the left wing aren't a realistic immediate solution to the problems in front of the country right now.
For what its worth, I left the SWP just after the Iraq war protests in 2003 and remained party-less until I joined Labour after the referendum. 8 years a union rep in the NHS.
Anyway, its no big deal....was genuinely flabbergasted to be called a centerist. Its the first time in my life I haven't been mocked for being a hopeless leftie!
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tendency to consider other view points/factors - aka "boths-sides" in modern parlance. not holding extreme and unrealistic opinions/considering the practical. failure to put all the things in binary opposition
I think I am a centrist dad because none of this sounded bad to me. @Dramatic_Hammer 's post was also pretty uncomfortably accurate reading although I have never been a landlord...
Dramatic_Hammer
Stonehedge
NickCJ
Genuinely amazed that is what I give off online tbh. I really think any effort at nuance on the internet falls on death ears.
Edit: Aaaaah...I know why. Its because I grumble about the left of the Labour party being in sabotage mode and think Starmer is doing a reasonable job at maximising the chances of winning the next election. That does not make me a centerist. That makes me an observationist. It does not represent my own political beliefs.