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a short story of bias
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2kwatts.exozy.me | by 2kwatts
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>log on to twitter
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>set your pfp to pepe the frog
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>tweet a wojak
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>be suspended
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Before reading this, I want to ask you a question. What does the word "based" mean to you?
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Do you see it as meaning "agreed", "admirable", or something like that?
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Or, do you see it as an alt-right dogwhistle used by white supremacists and /pol/?
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If it was the second one, you're a victim of... society.
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Now, before we go off the rails, I want to clarify that I am not taking any corner of the
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political spectrum. That is not the plan. The plan is to warn people about listening to
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one side of the argument, and only that side.
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"I watch CNN and I watch Fox News. I like to stay informed about the enemy"
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-look4tyou
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Let me explain my idea in a simpler way. If you grow up in a Windows household, you're
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more likely to hate MacOS. If you grow up in a MacOS household, you're more likely to hate
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Windows. This isn't too crazy of a concept.
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Bias, which is what a sane person would call this, is not uncommon at all in the modern day.
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Going back to my original question, if you're primarily leftist, you may have mistaken "based"
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as an evil word used by neo-nazis on *chan. Each side likes to fight against eachother, and
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lots of people will instantly reject the enemy and stay with what they know.
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This, however, is a terrible idea. If you know what your side is doing, you're getting by.
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If you know what the other side is doing, you're winning.
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For example, if A is planning to nuke B's castle, and B has no idea, they're screwed.
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If B is watching A, they're going to know ahead of time and prepare. Even if the information
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they have is very minor - it's better than nothing.
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