A rather revealing quote from an academic in today’s New York Times:
“People on opposite sides of the political spectrum, in effect, banded together to defeat the middle,” said James G. Gimpel, a professor at the University of Maryland who has written a book on the politics of immigration. “Restrictionists on the right were always against the bill because they opposed any legalization for illegal immigrants.
In other words, when something is wildly unpopular comes down the pike, and when strong criticisms have appealed to people across the political spectrum, it’s a bad thing when the democratic process defeats it because this wildly unpopular plan wears the label of “centrism.” This type of argument has been prominent in the immigration debate, where conclusory assertions that skeptics and critics are unreasonable and, in Bush’s words, “don’t want to do what’s right” for the country are commonplace.
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Well, “centrism” is defined at the Greay Lady as anything it’s writers agree with, and they are all public spirited proponents of teh common good, o opponents are, by definition, “haters”.
Well, “centrism” is defined at the Greay Lady as anything it’s writers agree with, and they are all public spirited proponents of the common good, so opponents are, by definition, “haters”.