[goatlover]

Centrists tend to be more pragmatic and prefer approaches that work, while those on the left and right are more ideological, and wish to conform the world to their ideas, regardless of the cost or feasibility. And anyone who disagrees is treated as a heretic, as if one side has the truth concerning the messy complexity of social reality.

[WalterSear]

IMHE, centrists generally have a self-image of pragmatism, but are as ideologically driven as any other group.