Hi BGR,While i realize this isn't a completely serious post....

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    Hi BGR,


    While i realize this isn't a completely serious post. Just thought i would respond to this in terms of what I think a reasonable center position should be on these issues:

    "you hate whites but you don't ABUSE them

    you hate men but you don't BELITTLE them at all times"

    Its wrong to hate people on the basis of identity. Not only are there are people on both sides of politics that do this but both sides are incentivized to provide cover for their share of the haters. The right attempts to use (valid) free speech arguments to give its hateful elements a voice while the left exploits cultural taboos and double standards around racism and sexism to shield its own set of haters - directing their hate towards safe targets. Both sides are equally distasteful in this regard, but the left's strategy is the more successful one.


    "you love homosexuals but ARENT one"

    Its reasonable to grant (as close as possible to) equivalent human rights to everyone provided those rights do not infringe on the rights of others. Gay marriage hurts no one. Gay people should be treated like anyone else and judged as individuals not as a group. i.e. neither hated nor loved by default - the same as anyone else.   Incidentally this is an 'individualist' approach, which someone previously called an inherently right wing view (I disagree that it is owned by either side).


    "you think the greens are SANE"

    The Greens are sane to the same degree as One Nation is.


    "you believe Waleed Aly"

    Who the heck watches traditional / main-stream media anymore?


    "you think domestic violence is ALWAYS the man's fault"

    Toxic relationships happen for a variety of reasons and might be the fault of one partner or both. However when a relationship turns violent - regardless of who's fault it is - the man is usually the more serious threat for obvious reasons. That said feminist rhetoric on this subject is socially damaging, toxic, and totally unproductive for everyone - including women. Their goal is to be divisive and is not to reasonably address the issue.


    "you think women are all angelic victims of a Gulag type male dominated society"

    Similar to above. "Patriarchy theory" is a toxic conspiracy theory, however this view is unfortunately becoming normalized due to various socio/political/psychological factors. Many center people instinctively buy into some moderate version of this due to natural (and valid) human inclination to protect women. But those who entirely buy the feminist line on this can be considered as far left as someone who talks about the JQ would be considered far right.


    "you recognise Islam as a superior way of life and Allah as the one God that is worthy of submission"

    Well I'm an atheist and broadly oppose organized religion, but i suppose that a Muslim could be a centrist.


 
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