I promised a thread on "centrists" vs "partisans" earlier. Here it is!



It's easy to believe that centrists, by virtue of their own self-declared beliefs, are less biased than partisans. They're not. They're just prone to a different type of bias.



It may even be a WORSE bias!

Why worse? Because a partisan's biases are easy to detect, whereas a centrist's are not.



If a conservative labels something socialist, put your critical thinking skills on alert. Likewise if a leftist labels something racist.



When do you put your guard up with a centrist?

How do I know centrists have their own set of biases? Because condemning tribalism and bubbles doesn't mean you can escape it. Centrists follow other centrists, read other centrists, watch other centrists. Crucially, they TRUST other centrists - which is where bias comes in.