Reply #940: I'm not the OP

[jeff47]

But here would be an example.

Our last "combat troops" withdrew from Iraq ahead of schedule. A thread starts to celebrate this particular event.

Someone who disagrees with Iraq policy would say something like "Great! Good job getting those troops out like you said you would. Now get the rest out!"

Someone who is negative will say something like "Obama the warmonger just loves wars and is identical to Bush. Why are you all celebrating the deaths of millions of innocents?! You should all be ashamed!".

The latter isn't disagreement on policy. It's just bashing.

"I think a lot of center-democrats fail to see that when you put a centrist in any position, then the compromise will end up far to the right."

This, IMO, is an artifact of our current members of Congress and not a rule. An actual centrist would compromise with both sides. The cowards currently serving in Congress who label themselves "centrist" aren't. They're just obsessed with hanging on to their seats, and foolishly believe the R's are giving them good advice on how to do so. They also operate under the delusion that the R's won't attack them if they just go along with what the R's want, thus ensuring their continued place in Congress.

Fortunately, it's a plan that fails spectacularly. So such people are gradually being replaced. Unfortunately, that word "gradually" is in my previous sentence.