When the poles of your political axis are “human rights” <—> “genocide and slavery” then centrists can go stuff themselves. Theres no compromise between freedom and slavery, life and death. I will not meet you on the middle fields of “just against the bad ones.”

No shit…

They have been since Jimmy Carter

And the Dem voting base’s fear that Jimmy was just the start of the party moving right, is obvious now that people genuinely believe he was “the last good one” instead of “the first shitty one”

That’s how much the Overton window moved in 50 years. Back in 1976 Carter proudly labeled himself a “centrist” even when the right at the time was Nixon right after Watergate. So I don’t want to hear any bullshit about how the right was better back then.

Agreed. There is a gray area. But we’re so far away from that area that there can’t be any “centrist” possible.

If they’re making any play whatsoever for my media feed, I’m not seeing it.

Politicians lie. People seeking positions of power and influence should be treated with heavy skepticism and scrutiny. Whether they are ideologues or charlatans, their motivations should be measured against their actions. Some ideologues may hide their extremism to gain power. Some charlatans may hide their indifference to gain power. But anyone who’s actions don’t match their promises shouldn’t earn your vote, regardless of whether they wear your colors or not.