With the other leftist critic here is that I felt people where not willing to engage in the “both sides are right/wrong” thing because they’re used to centrism being a right wing option, this is not really a political problem unless you go deeply into systematic reasons, it’s a relationship issue.
And not even that they both have to be right, but that they both could be. Not even that really, because people seem to agree that he overreacted, but just that they understand how he interpreted it as he did.
I think you’re right that people have a reflexive apprehension towards anything that strikes them as “centrist”. It’s a good way to put it.
With the other leftist critic here is that I felt people where not willing to engage in the “both sides are right/wrong” thing because they’re used to centrism being a right wing option, this is not really a political problem unless you go deeply into systematic reasons, it’s a relationship issue.
And not even that they both have to be right, but that they both could be. Not even that really, because people seem to agree that he overreacted, but just that they understand how he interpreted it as he did.
I think you’re right that people have a reflexive apprehension towards anything that strikes them as “centrist”. It’s a good way to put it.