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Comment by browningstreet

4 hours ago

And Paul G has defended him on X as a centrist. Weird blind spot.

"Centrist" in America is just "far-right but doesn't talk about it very loudly"

  • > "Centrist" in America is just "far-right but doesn't talk about it very loudly"

    Centrist in America means institutionalist, i.e. gunning for the status quo. That's going to piss off lefist and right-wing fanatics because both want to blow up the status quo. (They tend to be seen as a spoiler for progressives and conservatives. Think: Joe Manchin or Susan Collins.)