To use hyperbole - there was no place for a “centrist” in late 30’s Nazi Germany in the debate between the Jewish point of view and the Nazi point of view. The middle ground was not the “high” ground.
And, the hyperbole not withstanding, that is where the US is today. The middle ground is the lowest ground of all.
As Rush said, “The world’s shortest book is called, ‘Great Moderates in History’”