Its sorta drives me nuts these terms. I consider myself a centerist because of where the center actually should be. In terms of I want social safety nets and progressive taxes and sensible regulation. I feel centerist is used to mean right leaning folks which is so not center.
You might be small c conservative, but there’s no time period where you’d be capital C Conservative; those guys have always been defending and furthering at least one abhorrent system or institution. Monarchy, slavery, segregation, neoliberalism, you name it.
I have this interesting experience where I was at a catholic college for two years and then a state school. I certainly seemed liberal at the catholic institution compared to my schoolmates and center at the state school although sometimes I feel like I might even be a sliver to the right for the place and times. Im not really center overall and am left of center if things were normal but by maga standards much like everyone a sliver left or more I would be a wako commie super leftist.
Its sorta drives me nuts these terms. I consider myself a centerist because of where the center actually should be. In terms of I want social safety nets and progressive taxes and sensible regulation. I feel centerist is used to mean right leaning folks which is so not center.
Centrism is the real conservatism as far as I’m concerned. The right is regressive, and they’re showing it in all its toxic spew.
Conservatives have been fighting to push the Overton window to the right for a long time.
Same. I feel like I’m conservative, but where politics is right now I’m pretty sure I’m considered liberal.
You might be small c conservative, but there’s no time period where you’d be capital C Conservative; those guys have always been defending and furthering at least one abhorrent system or institution. Monarchy, slavery, segregation, neoliberalism, you name it.
I have this interesting experience where I was at a catholic college for two years and then a state school. I certainly seemed liberal at the catholic institution compared to my schoolmates and center at the state school although sometimes I feel like I might even be a sliver to the right for the place and times. Im not really center overall and am left of center if things were normal but by maga standards much like everyone a sliver left or more I would be a wako commie super leftist.