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<p><a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/news/ivanka-trump-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-green-new-deal/">Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> describing centrism as &quot;meh&quot; is going to enrage centrists if they&#39;re capable of feeling other than &quot;meh.&quot;</p><p>The young Democratic congresswoman, who is also a <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/6/27/17509604/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-democratic-socialist-of-america">member of the Democratic Socialists of America,</a> was asked at self-proclaimed &quot;moderate&quot; politicians at the SXSW festival in Texas, and she coined a fitting new phrase.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Forget the peer-reviewed papers &amp; the 10,000 word long reads. In 60 seconds <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> dismantles the politics of &#39;moderates&#39; in an era of profound crisis, but also historic opportunity.<a href="https://t.co/N1di0Buz4h">pic.twitter.com/N1di0Buz4h</a></p>&mdash; Aaron Bastani (@AaronBastani) <a href="https://twitter.com/AaronBastani/status/1106212347520131072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>With Trumpism turning the Republican party into somewhat of a personality cult, various politicians on both sides of the aisle claim the mantle of sanity by declaring themselves to be &quot;centrist&quot; and/or &quot;moderate.&quot;</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Ocasio-Cortez, on the other hand, believes that centrism isn&#39;t sanity, it&#39;s a cop out.</p><p>She told the crowd in Austin, Texas:</p><p>&quot;We&rsquo;ve become so cynical, that we view &lsquo;meh,&rsquo; or &lsquo;eh&rsquo; &mdash; we view cynicism as an intellectually superior attitude, a<span style="font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em;">nd we view ambition as youthful </span>naivet&eacute;<span style="font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em;"> when&hellip; the greatest things we have ever accomplished as a society have been ambitious acts of vision,&quot; she said.</span></p><p>&quot;And the &lsquo;meh&rsquo; is worshipped now. For what? Like, for what?&quot;</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="Centrism in a single GIF." height="135" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/giphy-3-rGcJhO.gif" width="200" /></div> <figcaption>Centrism in a single GIF.</figcaption> </figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The followers of &quot;meh&quot; were actually activated for once, and it kicked off an interesting debate.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/yaboyrandyii/status/1104763016590049281</oembed><p> </p><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">It&#39;s utter nonsense. Almost every issue has a legitimate moderate as well as extreme position.<br /> <br /> - I want climate change policy but not to abolish air travel<br /> - I want some redistribution but not at the risk of economic downturn<br /> - I want gun control laws but not to ban all guns.</p> &mdash; Matt Jackson (@mattijackson) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattijackson/status/1106223349892567040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">I&#39;m sorry no.<br /> <br /> I.. wow you&#39;re stupid.<br /> <br /> No, as a moderate, as a centrist, I stand as opposition against the left and the right and substitute my own morals and ethics instead of your insanity!<br /> <br /> I believe in compromise and I have firm stances that do not put me on any spectrum. Ass</p> &mdash; ⚜Agent-Louisiana144⚜ (@louisiana144) <a href="https://twitter.com/louisiana144/status/1104775196731469825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p>Where&#39;s that energy when it comes to &quot;bold acts of vision&quot;?</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Giphy" height="270" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/giphy-2-DLokbu.gif" width="480" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution">Giphy</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez summed up today's 'moderates' with a single word.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez describing centrism as &quot;meh&quot; is going to enrage centrists if they&#39;re capable of feeling other than &quot;meh.&quot;The young Democratic congresswoman, who is also a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, was asked at self-proclaimed &quot;moderate&quot; politicians at the SXSW festival in Texas, and she coined a fitting new phrase.Forget the peer-reviewed papers &amp; the 10,000 word long reads. In 60 seconds @AOC dismantles the politics of &#39;moderates&#39; in an era of profound crisis, but also historic opportunity.pic.twitter.com/N1di0Buz4h&mdash; Aaron Bastani (@AaronBastani) March 14, 2019 With Trumpism turning the Republican party into somewhat of a personality cult, various politicians on both sides of the aisle claim the mantle of sanity by declaring themselves to be &quot;centrist&quot; and/or &quot;moderate.&quot;Ocasio-Cortez, on the other hand, believes that centrism isn&#39;t sanity, it&#39;s a cop out.She told the crowd in Austin, Texas:&quot;We&rsquo;ve become so cynical, that we view &lsquo;meh,&rsquo; or &lsquo;eh&rsquo; &mdash; we view cynicism as an intellectually superior attitude, and we view ambition as youthful naivet&eacute; when&hellip; the greatest things we have ever accomplished as a society have been ambitious acts of vision,&quot; she said.&quot;And the &lsquo;meh&rsquo; is worshipped now. For what? Like, for what?&quot; Centrism in a single GIF. The followers of &quot;meh&quot; were actually activated for once, and it kicked off an interesting debate.https://twitter.com/yaboyrandyii/status/1104763016590049281   It&#39;s utter nonsense. Almost every issue has a legitimate moderate as well as extreme position.  - I want climate change policy but not to abolish air travel - I want some redistribution but not at the risk of economic downturn - I want gun control laws but not to ban all guns. &mdash; Matt Jackson (@mattijackson) March 14, 2019   I&#39;m sorry no.  I.. wow you&#39;re stupid.  No, as a moderate, as a centrist, I stand as opposition against the left and the right and substitute my own morals and ethics instead of your insanity!  I believe in compromise and I have firm stances that do not put me on any spectrum. Ass &mdash; ⚜Agent-Louisiana144⚜ (@louisiana144) March 10, 2019 Where&#39;s that energy when it comes to &quot;bold acts of vision&quot;?  Giphy

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez describing centrism as &quot;meh&quot; is going to enrage centrists if they&#39;re capable of feeling other than &quot;meh.&quot;  The young Democratic congresswoman, who is also a member of the Democratic...