>>>I try to be a centrist because I think blind extremism often goes bad.
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>>Except it's hard to be a centrist when both sides are so far to the same side ;).
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>Which side is that? Will you expand on that please?

I did, several times. On my scale between extreme left and extreme right, going from -10 to +10, Dems score about 7.5, Goppers score 8.5. The center is still at zero, not at 8.0.