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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Sometimes sarcasm does not come out well on the internet.
I just want to make sure my sarcasm detector wasn't malfunctioning here.
Do you seriously think you are 'just left of center'?
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You know, Ustwo, I had a certain reaction when I read that line too. Suddenly what was there for me was a profound insight into human nature.
I think we ALL think that all right-thinking people think the way we do. I mean, I'm right, after all. I wouldn't have deeply held opinions that were WRONG, god knows. So everyone who's right--and I'm an optimist, so I think most people are probably fairly smart and thoughtful, despite daily evidence to the contrary--must clearly think the way I do.
I think I'm moderate. I think host is way left of me. I think you're WAY WAY right of me. But I think I'm in the middle. I think the political center-of-gravity has been right of the mainstream for the last many years. But I think I'm in the middle, and I think most Americans pretty much feel the same way I do.
What I'm realizing is that most people actually think this way about their own views. I'm clear I do, it's clear from what host said here that he does, and I think you certainly do.