@62f94e11 

> You could say the same about poverty

Sure poverty is fairly close to always bad (you can argue it gives character, but only if you actually get out of it at some point)..

So yes you shouldnt be "I am pro poverty I want more people to be poor!" (extreme left communism)... and you shouldnt be "I am anti poverty and I think 100% of people should be billionairs (extreme left to the point of pooling all the money and letting everyone else die).... 

Neither extreme is good, so again, we have centrism being best, where people want to eliminate the poor, but not the rich, but also accept that the middle glass should thrive. 

 @b05df304 I have the feeling you are ever so slightly strawmanning communism… but, more importantly, you are clearly avoiding the topic of the conversation. I’m not arguing whether being moderate is good or bad, but whether MLK can be accurately called a centrist.

So, do you disagree with any of the below?

MLK was a democratic socialist.
Democratic socialism was and is to the left of both US parties.
By 1 & 2 calling MLK centrist is wrong.