The only thing that centrists really stand for is decorum. Anything is permissible as long as it is done legally in “norm-respecting” ways within the framework of liberal democracy.
So when a centrist is rude to you, they are telegraphing the fact that they don’t see you as human. Humans deserve decorum, in fact it’s all they deserve in the establishment centrist view, so you can infer that a rude centrist has decided you are no longer human.
So frankly if I ever blow up at you on Lemmy, this is probably why, because I have less than zero patience for rudeness from people whose literally only virtue is decorum. If you treat me like a person, then we can get along. Posting this so I have something to link to next time if happens 😆
Edit: I tell people politely but explicitly when they’re being rude and give them a chance to correct their course…but if they double down on being rude, then I gotta quintuple down on being exponentially more rude because that’s the only language they’ll listen to.
Furthermore, this also doesn’t apply if you have literally any more principles than maintaining decorum.
This is utter ridiculousness on so very many levels.
Edit: for politeness’ sake…
A) it’s a nonsensical caricature of centrists.
B) Someone being rude to you does not mean they think you are less than human, it generally means you aren’t worth being polite to which is very different.
C) just, ugh.
also shows the prejudice he approaches interactions with.
Absolutely. “Those I disagree with don’t actually have real values or beliefs!”
Name one
Ha, just edited, but to repost:
A) it’s a nonsensical caricature of centrists.
B) Someone being rude to you does not mean they think you are less than human, it generally means you aren’t worth being polite to which is very different.
C) just, ugh.
It’s really not. Centrists seem to have no serious desire to change the status quo, only the people who run them and the things they say. For example, centrists usually don’t oppose ICE deportations, e.g. all the ones done under the Bush and Obama and Biden admins; they simply oppose the openness and brashness of how they’re being done.
Like this is just what every centrist I have ever encountered or read has said to me in many more words. Sorry that I’ve been paying attention I guess 🤷
It’s not just someone being rude; it’s someone whose only principle in politics is that anything is permissible if it is done with decorum. Then, coupled with the occasion that said person is being rude, I can infer that they think of me as less than human.
Put simply: centrists only view humans as pawns in the perfect game of liberal democracy. Humans have no other birthright; otherwise, centrists would be fighting for a better system.
Same to heck
This is just you disagreeing with their positions and saying that means their only value is decorum! That’s utterly silly.
It’d be like saying "Lefties only care about minorities etc so if you are white, you can infer a Leftie thinks you are less than human.
I demonstrated for one particular position that it boils down to standing only for decorum. I.e. the only thing that makes centrists complain about the Trump administration’s ICE deportations is the lack of decorum. I merely implied before, but now I’m spelling out explicitly: if you pay attention to all the things centrists get upset about, it very quickly becomes apparent that all the arguments devolve into an objection about decorum.
You’d need to add that the Leftie is being rude to you for this metaphor to track.
In which case, it’s still not equivalent.
Yeah, this is just nonsense.
You’ve decided that you dislike centrism and thus it can only stand for decorum and then built a weird theory around this bizzare perception.
If you really chalk going through due process, respecting asylum laws and not deporting innocent, possibly American people to El Salvador as “decorum” that says more about you and your lack of understanding than it does about centrism.
This isn’t going to be an interesting or enlightening discussion. Whether you feel that means I think you’re less than human, well that’s up to you.
Maybe it does. Because I don’t just oppose American citizens being deported or possibly sent to El Salvadorean torture prisons (which, as an American citizen, I absolutely do oppose), but I equally oppose anyone being deported or possibly sent to El Salvadorean torture prisons, regardless of citizenship status. In short: Americans are simply not more or less deserving of rights than migrants in my view.
I actually do think this is related to decorum. Because my issue isn’t who is being deported or the manner of deportations; it’s deportations as a systemic practice. Even if we follow all the existing procedures surrounding deportations, even if we change the laws to be more humane, even if we deport people in a way that respects the Constitution, even if we use the softest kiddy gloves and nicest words when people are deported, deporting people is bad and therefore should not be done.
And yeah I simply have absolutely zero respect for or interest in following the law. I literally do not care what asylum laws say, we should just do the right thing above and beyond the law, namely ending deportations and making it easy for migrants to get documents, and ideally changing society so documents are simply not needed. And if I was put into power by some freak accident, I would 1000% be willing to break the law and do illegal stuff as a politician to right the situation as fast as possible. The norms are simply unimportant.
If it means anything, you haven’t been rude to me, and you seem to have actual principles based on your recent posts, so the inference in my post doesn’t apply. If you consider yourself a centrist, I think you’re selling yourself short.
Okay, so surely you can see how people can disagree with this while having more values than decorum? Right?