I guess centrist is a placeholder for "I don't want you to pick a side, I want facts, not BS" I'll go further, I don't care which side is right, I want to know what claims are factually accurate, and what claims are omitted from the issue / news / conversation.

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ceejayoz 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Centrist in US politics (and especially in the media) often means https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_balance.

	▲	giancarlostoro 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, I know, and I totally should have clarified what I meant by centrist. I mean what one would ASSUME a centrist take to actually mean, or rather a "no sides, only facts" type of take. This reminds me of those "what they think it means" "what it means" type memes or the "how I see myself" vs "how I actually look?" type of memes.

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Forgeties79 38 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Centrist is a placeholder for “I think myself above partisanship but really I’m just masking that I’ve done little to no research on the subject(s) at hand and can’t actually state what I believe.”

99% of time it’s presented as some stoic, virtuous “above the fray” approach to issues. Really it’s just that they don’t care and want to seem like they’ve given it thought because admitting they don’t care is somehow not an option. Frankly I have far more respect for folks who go “I don’t know enough about that to say either way.” We don’t need to have a prepared opinion on literally everything.