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[–]LtGreenCo 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

These days we've got mainstream media, social media, and communities like r/enlightenedcentrist pushing the false dichotomy that you can only choose one extreme or the other and moderates don't exist - that all self-proclaimed moderates are really just extremists in disguise. This is having 2 effects: either moderates, for fear of being ridiculed/cancelled/dogpiled, just keep their head down and mouths shut, or they do pick a side and go down the path of lunacy. In both cases, the world is losing its most reasonable voices and the fringe lunatics are becoming ever more prevalent and relevant.

Things won't get any better until moderates start fighting back and take back the national discourse.

[–]lunarstrain 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

moderates don't exist - that all self-proclaimed moderates are really just extremists in disguise.

It's frustrating how someone like me who has no violent wishes towards any individual group besides sexual abusers can be described as an extremist for merely disagreeing on trans issues or modern race issues. I mean, ten years ago I would have been seen as pretty damn reasonable.

[–]Enemycupcake 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think most people still find it reasonable to disagree with the agenda they're pushing with those issues, it's gotten too extreme. They just censor the hell out of everything online and threaten people's lively hoods in real life to try to prevent people from being able to actually voice that opinion