Okay I read the source now and what I found funny is the part where people describe how “moderates” on dating apps are just conservatives. An observation I can regard as true in my experience, they are just self-aware enough to not be dismissed outright, but not self-aware enough to actually change a thing about themselves and become a better person.
Remembering how dating apps for conservative people tend to go down (only dudes, because what chick would engage with those guys…), I find it funny to see this echoed here again. There is, after all, no middle ground on most social issues anymore and we do good to see moderates as just another trick of conservative rebranding to obfuscate what they truly are.
they are just self-aware enough to not be dismissed outright, but not self-aware enough to actually change a thing about themselves and become a better person.
That really covers the whole ball of wax, doesn’t it? This is exactly the attitude I have towards someone who describes themselves as a political centrist in any context.
This was some good context from @Ekybio@lemmy.world in cross post :
That really covers the whole ball of wax, doesn’t it? This is exactly the attitude I have towards someone who describes themselves as a political centrist in any context.