• GreatWhiteNope [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    I think most Dems are libs who lean right (or straight up conservatives like Biden) but the ones considered extremists could maybe be libs that lean left. I would call Bernie Sanders a centrist, is that kind of a left leaning lib?

      • spectre [he/him]
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        edit-2
        1 year ago

        Yes but if you are liberal who is also a "centrist" would most other liberals be to the right of you if they aren't "centrists"!

        • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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          1 year ago

          Sure, they are. That doesn't make you left-leaning, it means they're right-wing and you're centrist-leaning. Left and right wing politics are an absolute measure, not relative. Reagan isn't left-wing compared to Mussolini, they're both far-right politicians, it's just an (arguable) difference in terms of how far to the right.