Is it centrism because you are too scared to take a committed stance on something you know is an issue but picking a side might incur social consequences?
Or is it centrism because you don't take every single detail of your "side's" ideology leading to you ending up closer to center in some conversations due to the sheer balancing effect it has?
People love to devalue the word centrist when they want to call someone a fucking coward, but are in fact too cowardly themselves to be confrontational about it. Which is how you lead to it being an empty word used like the above.
Well it depends.
Is it centrism because you are too scared to take a committed stance on something you know is an issue but picking a side might incur social consequences?
Or is it centrism because you don't take every single detail of your "side's" ideology leading to you ending up closer to center in some conversations due to the sheer balancing effect it has?
People love to devalue the word centrist when they want to call someone a fucking coward, but are in fact too cowardly themselves to be confrontational about it. Which is how you lead to it being an empty word used like the above.