from the site : Everything2.com In a discussion with the _inimitable_ (http://everything2.com/title/inimitable) and fearsome _dannye_ (http://everything2.com/title/dannye) , I just called myself a radical centrist, and by God there wasn't a node for that yet. So now there is one.
A radical centrist is _somebody who dares not to be pissed off_ (http://everything2.com/title/somebody+who+dares+not+to+be+pissed+off) . A radical centrist thinks the _status quo_ (http://everything2.com/title/status+quo) is not perfect, but that it's nowhere near as bad as it could be, and that the people trying to drag us off in various directions do their best work when they cancel each other out. A radical centrist is exactly like a _moderate_ (http://everything2.com/title/moderate) , except you get to _smirk_ (http://everything2.com/title/smirk) a lot more and randomly change sides in arguments. This is because both sides are full of shit, but it's still very important for them to do their thing and pass their laws. It's cool: You're all wrong, all of you! About everything. Not only that, but it's a good and Godly and healthy thing for you all to be all wrong, as loudly and as often as possible. The more the merrier! Ignore the last paragraph, it's a _red herring_ (http://everything2.com/title/red+herring) . I think. Anyway, the thing here is that a radical centrist believes in exactly one _Great Truth_ (http://everything2.com/title/Great+Truth) , which is that _all Great Truths are dangerously insane_ (http://everything2.com/title/all+Great+Truths+are+dangerously+insane) . Every _Great Truth_ (http://everything2.com/title/Great+Truth) leads to a _Simple Solution_ (http://everything2.com/title/Simple+Solution) , and _every Simple Solution is a short road to Hell_ (http://everything2.com/title/every+Simple+Solution+is+a+short+road+to+Hell) . So it's important to keep the _Simple Solutionists_ (http://everything2.com/title/Simple+Solutionism) tied up snarling at each other and jockeying for power, because they're all _stark raving mad_ (http://everything2.com/title/stark+raving+mad) . The radical centrist believes that everything will turn to shit soon enough anyway, so there's no sense in accelerating the process by trying to stop it. -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
