05-04-2008, 01:29 AM
Reminds me of a joke. Definition of a Libertarian: a guy who's afraid to tell his friend's he's a Republican.
RgrF 'methinks" is still concerned more with identity and personality than opinions or ideas. To set the record straight (and I don't appreciate the false implications) this is the only name I've used. No changes, no appearances or reappearances under different names. One person, one name. You're confusing me with someone else. Clear enough for you?
[quote Lux] Who defines this mythical "center"?
Everybody thinks they are a centrist, "Me, I'm not a liberal/conservative, I'm in the middle!"
Good point. Where is the center? I don't know. It's sort of like the sun-revolves-around-the-earth thinking. Most people think their views are the center, and everything on either side follows from there, with their own perspective as the "norm". That's not unusual. Human nature.
Isn't a centrist someone who is non-ideological? Can comfortably integrate aspects of either side of the political spectrum without exlusive loyalty to political affiliation? In the legislature, Leiberman and McCain are examples of moderates who can get support on both sides. Or someone who disregards ideological purity tests, interested in solutions that work, regardless of which side they came from. Most are inclined one way or the other. But I figure most average Americans are near the center.
RgrF 'methinks" is still concerned more with identity and personality than opinions or ideas. To set the record straight (and I don't appreciate the false implications) this is the only name I've used. No changes, no appearances or reappearances under different names. One person, one name. You're confusing me with someone else. Clear enough for you?
[quote Lux] Who defines this mythical "center"?
Everybody thinks they are a centrist, "Me, I'm not a liberal/conservative, I'm in the middle!"
Good point. Where is the center? I don't know. It's sort of like the sun-revolves-around-the-earth thinking. Most people think their views are the center, and everything on either side follows from there, with their own perspective as the "norm". That's not unusual. Human nature.
Isn't a centrist someone who is non-ideological? Can comfortably integrate aspects of either side of the political spectrum without exlusive loyalty to political affiliation? In the legislature, Leiberman and McCain are examples of moderates who can get support on both sides. Or someone who disregards ideological purity tests, interested in solutions that work, regardless of which side they came from. Most are inclined one way or the other. But I figure most average Americans are near the center.