Things that trigger those in the centre

Raconteuse

Arse cheek pain from the fence splinters.

Self checkout machines

DrumSteve

When I cant get parking

Your Face

Penalty tries.

Woke Hogan

Centrists are cowards at best, crypto-fascists the lot of them.

Assetbacked

Telling them to move on from SF's alleged links to the IRA in the past and embrace the change they will bring to the country by being in government.

JohnnyFlash

Woke Hogan wrote: »

Centrists are cowards at best, crypto-fascists the lot of them.

I don’t own any Bitcoin, pal.

Bobblehats

I pull da trigga on da nigga ~ uh. Gonna be a gravedigga

nkl12xtw5goz70

Paul Murphy, Ruth Coppinger, Richard Boyd Barrett et al

the infantile inability to recognise the value of compromised progress, and unquestioning supprt of fecklessness regardless of societal cost from the leftward wing of things

the drooling susceptibility of the fear of the other, and the ease with which it steers towards resentful violence from the right

Finty Lemon

Dante Spicy Tapeworm wrote: »

Paul Murphy, Ruth Coppinger, Richard Boyd Barrett et al

Coppinger running for the Seanad now. A few years ago she campaigned to abolish it. It didn't take long for the socialist ideals to vanish, the prospect of having to get a real job put paid to that.

The ultimate wannabe establishment hag now.

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Deleted User wrote: »

That's a lot of dental work right there. I wonder if they got them done up in Newry?

Tacitus Kilgore

Can we have a thread for people with a range of views on a range of subjects, not really suitable to American style pigeonholing?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Woke Hogan wrote: »

Centrists are cowards at best, crypto-fascists the lot of them.

Surely, you mean crypto-anarchist?

ive my issues with the left, but the idea that aoc or bernie are some kind of raving lunatics because they are arguing a half-reasonable level of social safety net in the american system seems silly to me

theyd probably be right at home in the socdems the pair of em

jimgoose

Cowboys!

storker

Deleted User wrote: »

ive my issues with the left, but the idea that aoc or bernie are some kind of raving lunatics because they are arguing a half-reasonable level of social safety net in the american system seems silly to me

theyd probably be right at home in the socdems the pair of em

To be fair though, America is a country where they seem to think that the Democrats are socialists.

I've always considered myself of the centre, but that just means I agree with the left sometimes and with the right sometimes and disagree with their more extreme elements all the time.

What I don't like about left and right is that I often find that their policies are based on how they'd like the world to work rather than how it actually does. Of course, each side thinks that's something only the other side is guilty of. To associate yourself with either left or right seems to me to say that only your "side" has all the right answers. Seriously, what are the chances of that being true?

Raconteuse

storker wrote: »

To be fair though, America is a country where they seem to think that the Democrats are socialists.

I've always considered myself of the centre, but that just means I agree with the left sometimes and with the right sometimes and disagree with their more extreme elements all the time.

What I don't like about left and right is that I often find that their policies are based on how they'd like the world to work rather than how it actually does. Of course, each side thinks that's something only the other side is guilty of. To associate yourself with either left or right seems to me to say that only your "side" has all the right answers. Seriously, what are the chances of that being true?

Same here. It's most people I've no doubt. But some people seem incapable of recognising that you don't have to be rigidly aligned with one "side" at all times no matter what.

CageWager

Being a centrist has nothing to do with fence sitting. Its about having a nuanced world view where everything doesn’t have to fit into a narrow ideological framework. Im on the left on some issues and on the right about others. People on either extreme want to polarise everyone so if you are pro choice the extreme right call you a baby killing hippie and if you want sensible immigration controls the extreme left call you an alt right nazi.

Raconteuse

CageWager wrote: »

Being a centrist has nothing to do with fence sitting. Its about having a nuanced world view where everything doesn’t have to fit into a narrow ideological framework. Im on the left on some issues and on the right about others. People on either extreme want to polarise everyone so if you are pro choice the extreme right call you a baby killing hippie and if you want sensible immigration controls the extreme left call you an alt right nazi.

Ah yeah agreed. Only joking about the fence sitting. I'm very much a centrist. Pisses off my conservative leaning and left-wing friends who call me a fence sitter all the time. :pac:

Better Than Christ

Dante Spicy Tapeworm wrote: »

Paul Murphy, Ruth Coppinger, Richard Boyd Barrett et al

I've noticed that a lot of people who call themselves 'centrists' hate the left a lot more than they hate the far-right.

Earthhorse

Rough beasts, their hour come round at last, slouching towards Bethlehem to be born.

Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »

Can we have a thread for people with a range of views on a range of subjects, not really suitable to American style pigeonholing?

Typical centrist proposal! :rolleyes:

My new expresso machine bought in the electrical store did'nt work so I'm gonna ring machines customer service. So there.

Tired Gardener

storker wrote: »

To be fair though, America is a country where they seem to think that the Democrats are socialists.

I've always considered myself of the centre, but that just means I agree with the left sometimes and with the right sometimes and disagree with their more extreme elements all the time.

What I don't like about left and right is that I often find that their policies are based on how they'd like the world to work rather than how it actually does. Of course, each side thinks that's something only the other side is guilty of. To associate yourself with either left or right seems to me to say that only your "side" has all the right answers. Seriously, what are the chances of that being true?

Best way to sum up the difference between Left and Right wing is in which of these do you think is more important.

Spending money, or amassing money.

Left wing politics is more readily to spend on things like infrastructure, social programs, etc

Right wing politics is more about increasing wealth through shares, stocks, etc.

Both may have valid points at different times, but people will feel more comfortable with one of the above than they do with the other, and from this they can tell their political leaning.

Church on Tuesday

I don't like the looney Left or the rigid Right.

Don't know why some here are dismissing Centrist ideals; it's entirely possible to take the best of both and merge them together to have some political outlook which is based primarily on common sense in the long run.

Rufeo

Raconteuse wrote: »

Arse cheek pain from the fence splinters.

I'm just not sure what to make of this. Woman.... don't be giving me notions. Hah.

jaxxx

The fact that I have clowns to the left of me and jokers to the right.

Raconteuse

Not being paid legal fees by the devil.