The absence? No. People that live in bubbles of their own making is what I find cowardly.
This fake quote comes to mind:
https://i.imgur.com/PbSFqPf.jpg
No, it could be sophistication. Issues are complex. Society is complex. People are complex. There's a lot of information. It can be hard to know what's best or true. Everyone has their opinion, and we all know what those are worth. So what's the point of adding to the polarization?
Even when a politician fence-sits on an issue so as not to put anyone off, it's still not necessarily cowardice. It could be smart (in a cookie-cutter, feckless kinda way).
Not necessarily. Sometimes people are afraid of taking sides just bc they don't wanna piss anyone off (which is cowardly but I get it), but it's valid to not take a side if 1) it's a complex issue, 2) you're not as well informed on it as you could be, and/or 3) maybe you feel like it's not your place to have an opinion on it.
Better to stay on the fence than to pick a side just for the sake of picking one even tho you're not entirely convinced the evidence/arguments are solid
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