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    enlightened centrists

    Yes, it’s better to see the world in black and white, right and wrong, good and bad. There is no middle ground, ever.

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      EnLiGhTeNeD cEnTrIsM is not the view that there is no middle ground ever; it’s the assertion that there must always be a middle ground, even in situations where there is no reasonable compromise.

      Or, to paraphrase the late James Baldwin: we can agree to disagree unless your disagreement is rooted in my right to exist.