every time i see these centrist arguments, i feel like i should be keeping meme's that explain the point succinctly, but then i have to keep reminding myself that all that effort will be ignored anyways.

Nah I think this user is saying that both have their place. And really, I don't think that's controversial. E.g., we do need to seize the banks, which will probably be violent, but we also need to do mutual aid, which need not be violent.