I'm a #Thanos moderate centrist. While I agree on the premise that semi-annihilation of the universe at the subatomic quantum level is generally not the sort of policy on which complete agreement can be found, I'm willing to sacrifice any and all progressives as a good faith compromise. And if you disagree you're a monster and will be joining them shortly, so get in line, it's midterms asshole.

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@RebelGeek99 A "moderate centrist" is a conflicting set of words. A moderate position will not change, no matter how many times extreme ends are redefined. A centrist position changes every single time the endpoints are redefined. You can only get a "moderate centrist" if you are defining two moderate points and looking at the center of those.

You burn a cake at the center temperature between 0F and the surface of the sun. It has to be about 350°F to bake, that's the moderate temperature

@RebelGeek99 * You set the "rant about how my positions are not lunatic or far left but are actually moderate, and the centrists pretending to be moderates are there to make me look crazy" flag.

Having ranted, I will probably cool down now. :)

@howtophil honestly, I am a ranting moderate. While it's not necessarily productive, it can be cathartic. 🌿
@RebelGeek99 Ranting can change minds, that's what all those great speeches, letters nailed to doors, and shouts to charge forward through all of history have all been. Rants by people who want the world to be reasonable but have seen that they must be unreasonably stubborn and drag others along with them.
@howtophil that's a very good point.
@RebelGeek99 Even those who do not believe in magic recognize that words have power