Bitch is no longer really a gendered put down any longer any more than asshole is. Languages change. Back to centrism. Fundamentally the language is deceptive. Left and right implies they are equally valid choices like tacos or burgers. The problem is that what is being described as "left" or "right" is in fact fact based positions vs fantasy. Lets do one. Climate change.

Far right: Climate change isn't real the earth is only 6000 years old made as is. Nothing needs to be done.

Middle right: Climate change isn't real the Earth is just going to natural cycles nothing needs doing.

Moderate right: Climate change might be real but its just a natural process having nothing to do with people nothing needs doing.

Centrist: Climate change is real and people might be causing it but we shouldn't do anything that would effect my 401K

Moderate Left: Climate change is definitely caused by people lets not do anything that will effect my 401 but lets give a bunch of money to people with green in the title

Center Left: Lets give even more money to things with green in the title and TRY not to effect my 401k too much

Radical Left: We need to make substantial change to preserve the only home we have even if it tanks grandpas 401k

Herein the radical position is just plain actual unvarnished reality and retreats from same are just different levels of self delusion. The climate really is changing and humans have a huge part in it and we really do need to change how we are living.

I don't like polarized politics, it's just the reality. The mainstream right are fascists who reject science, reason, and ethics, so of course I feel the need to take a hard stance against it. You don't get to will an unpolarized world into existence when calls for genocide are a common phenomenon.

I spend an inordinate amount of time listening to the right, but what i find more important than listening to them is seeing the effects of their policies. A right winger can talk all they want about trying to create a better America using good Christian values, but if the policies and politicians they support are discriminatory or terrible for everyone, their words don't mean shit.

Anti-abortion advocates claim to oppose bodily autonomy for the sake of the potential children, but they consistently oppose policies that help those children once they're born. Anti-Trans advocates also claim to be protecting children, but their policies are terrible for trans and cis people alike. Republicans claim to care about the budget, but always balloon the national debt through tax cuts on the rich while Democrats sometimes even lower the debt. The right claim to be better for the economy, while their policies basically always worsen the lives of almost everyone through externalities and increased inequality.

I look at fucking reality when considering opposing views, and the right's arguments are rarely supported by reality. Right wingers aren't tolerated here because they're intolerant assholes who base their entire worldviews on lies.

Lemmy was founded by leftists, why are you surprised it skews left. Maybe you should join exploding heads