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The problem with leftists (and I say this as a leftist) is they resort to name calling of anyone who disagrees with them. Instead of listening to their point of view and trying to convince them otherwise. There's a real "othering" going on.
Tankie. Chinese. Russian. Republican. Child. Moron. Bot. Shill. Purity pony. Trumper. Jihadi cheerleading Jew hater.
This is what I've seen leftists and progressives called right here on lemmy. Yeah, leftists resort to name calling.
I'm not saying who's morally worse. I'm saying it doesn't help people change their minds. It only serves to push centrists further away.
Then I will. Not only does the center enable the worst excesses of capitalism, they're also far more rude than you and they accuse the left of being.
When someone openly shouts heil Hitler, I think I'm justified in ignoring their POV and calling them what they are.
I've said things like "you are literally alienating people who, being reasonable in general, would be voting for you this election," and been downvoted or argued against.