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I guess this is what they mean when they talk about “reactionary centrism”: Corruption of government facilitated by enablers in intellectual society

Sometimes left-wing writers use the term "reactionary centrist," and it always irritates me. Someone's a centrist, but you're calling him a "reactionary" just because he doesn't agree with you on every issue?

I guess this is what they mean when they talk about “reactionary centrism”: Corruption of government facilitated by enablers in intellectual society

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Sometimes left-wing writers use the term "reactionary centrist," and it always irritates me.

Someone's a centrist, but you're calling him a "reactionary" just because he doesn't agree with you on every issue?

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