Maybe rather than shutting down one or the other side of the progressive/conservative spectrum, it shuts down anything too extreme on the radical/incrementalist spectrum.
If you say the only answer is a revolution, or if you say any potential solution is moving too fast, and we need to take way more time to consider the situation, you probably get less support regardless of which side of the traditional left/right divide you're championing.
If you say the only answer is a revolution, or if you say any potential solution is moving too fast, and we need to take way more time to consider the situation, you probably get less support regardless of which side of the traditional left/right divide you're championing.