Why is there hostility towards centrists on social media?

That’s examples of ‘culture wars’ nonsense though, not politics, and certainly not international politicians, which is who @Larbre34 was first referring to, who were more influential on the world stage and international politics than Macy Gray or any of the hundreds of people in Western society who are considered public intellectuals -

I think of myself as a centrist, in the Blair, Macron, Clinton, Lapid mould.

And @CalamariFritti responded with -

The people you listed think nothing like you. What's sold to us today as 'centrist' is globalist, neo-libcon, expansionist f*ck everything for hail the markets in a fake goody-two-shoes, woke, climate, let's all be sensible disguise.

As much as to say - the politicians Larbre is referring to aren’t centrist, or moderate, but rather they are ‘globalist, neo-libcon… let’s all be sensible disguise’, which is basically saying that while they portray themselves as centrist, what they are is woke, let’s all be sensible sorts, but that archetype would meet your earlier standards of how you characterise a centrist - intelligent, critical thinkers capable of taking a broader objective views of everything, and anyone who says otherwise is only jealous.

Which, invoked IMO a fairly hostile response -

How dafuq could centrists be woke?

Not exactly characteristic of a centrist who is capable of taking a broader objective view and engaging in critical thought which implies an analysis of the idea being proposed, just outright dismissal of anything which doesn’t fit with how you decide a centrist is defined and what being a centrist means to you.

That’s why centrists are so frustrating - it’s impossible to know where they stand on anything or what they stand for, when everyone has their own ideas of what it means to be centrist or moderate. It stands to reason that they imagine their own political views are eminently sensible and common sense stuff.

The fact that other people are hostile towards them, is no different than the way anyone can be hostile towards other people who don’t share their political views.

Of course its possible to know where centrists stand on particular policies. Ask them about the policies!

I'm fiscally conservative and socially liberal, generally speaking. Thats usually enough to make someone a centrist. But I don't fudge any topic, I have a position on everything.

We are, until there's a decent sized war over extremist positions, which will end with the realisation that no extreme has ever endured and we'll be back at the helm again for another 70 years until the next generation of extremist fools think they have it cracked.

Social media, in its current form is, like everything else, destined to disappear when its had its day.