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Podcast: PRay TeLL, Dr. Hash
Episode: 1360 Middle vs. Center
Description: Since the metaphors of Right and Left are so common in political parlance, many people who claim to be neither naturally say theyβre in the middle, whatever that means. When asked, people point out the worst attributes of the extremes and deny being part of that, but they still maintain the same metaphor of there being a linear spectrum that somehow passes through them: pro-guns but pro-abortion, pro-mandates but anti-taxes, goes to church but believes in evolution, etc. Because the mix & matches are infinite, the middle is undefinable, and there is no political party that represents them.
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