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Line 140: ===Radical centrism=== In the 2010s, Friedman wrote several columns supporting the politics of [[Radical center (politics)|radical centrism]]. In one he stated that, if the "radical center wants to be empowered, it can't just whine. It needs its own [[grassroots|grass-roots]] movement".<ref>Friedman, Thomas L. (March 20, 2010). "[https://web.archive.org/web/20170201040317/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/opinion/24friedman.html?_r=0 A Tea Party Without Nuts]". ''The New York Times''. Retrieved February 25, 2013.</ref> In another column Friedman promoted [[Americans Elect]], an organization trying to field a radical-centrist candidate for the [[2012 U.S. presidential election]]. That column decried "the two-party duopoly that has dominated American political life".<ref>Friedman, Thomas (July 23, 2011). "[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/opinion/sunday/24friedman.html?_r=0 Make Way for the Radical Center] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141005042006/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/opinion/sunday/24friedman.html?_r=0 |date=October 5, 2014 }}". ''The New York Times''. Retrieved February 23, 2013.</ref> Friedman's radical-centrist columns received a considerable amount of criticism, particularly from liberals.<ref>Marx, Greg (July 25, 2011). "[https://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/tom_friedmans_radical_wrongnes.php?page=all Tom Friedman's 'Radical' Wrongness] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622053405/https://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/tom_friedmans_radical_wrongnes.php?page=all |date=June 22, 2016 }}". ''Columbia Journalism Review''. Retrieved February 28, 2013.</ref> ===The Middle East as the Animal Kingdom=== In an opinion piece published at New York Times on Feb 2, 2024, he compared the Middle East as a jungle and many of the Middle Easterns to various types of insects [https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/01/30/opinion/thepoint/friedman-middle-east-animals?smid=url-share]. He compared Iran to a recently discovered species of [[Parasitoid_wasp|parasitoid wasp]], and Yemen, Syria, and Iraq as caterpillars. Netanyahu is the [[Sifaka|sifaka lemur]], which he observed in Madagascar, and the US as an old [[lion]] that is still the king of the Middle East Jungle. ==Criticism== | |||