When I read what I wrote, it parses in the way I intended. But seeing as you have read it differently, I'll try to rephrase it so that it's not confusing.

People who insist on mentioning "both sides", like doing so makes you some kind of enlightened centrist, really piss me off.

If this makes more sense, I'll go back and add an edit to avoid anyone else misunderstanding my intention.

[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 9 points 5 days ago

Yeah idk I thought you were fine too, sorry your phrasing wasn't good enough for them

[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

The sentence in text still reads ambiguously. It still reads like a hypothetical, "insisting that mentioning both sides makes you some kind of enlightened centerist" implies that the people insisting that it makes you a centerist above it all, is what pissed you off. I know english is a stupid language but I clearly wasn't the only one that thought you were upset about the people calling them spineless centrists and not the people doing the spineless centerism, particularly implies that "mentioning both sides makes you some kind of" implies there is ever a time it does not. Hope that clarifies where the structural issue lies with the wording.

[–] doleo@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think I understand where the structural issue was. I've edited the original post to reflect that. Thanks for sticking around to help me iron it out.

[–] casskaydee@hexbear.net 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I think actually the issue here might be that you didn't realize that in this space, calling someone an "enlightened centrist" is a serious insult, akin to calling someone a motherfucker

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Or my favorite

"deeply unserious"

[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 5 points 5 days ago

"deeply unserious"

"If a communist calls you 'deeply unserious' it means they want to kill you." - some Twitter post I saw a while ago that lives in my head

[–] doleo@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

But I do realise that. I was trying to say that people who say "both sides" are motherfuckers. Was even that unclear? If so, this really goes down as a massive failpost.

[–] casskaydee@hexbear.net 3 points 5 days ago

You said that insisting saying "both sides" makes you an enlightened centrist pisses you off. Johnny read that as saying it pisses you off that people assume anyone who says "both sides" is a motherfucker.