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"based" is alt-right slang. It's basically a positive descriptor used for stuff they agree with. Like most of the alt-right slang, it originally had other mean
by chaosite 9y ago
"based" is alt-right slang. It's basically a positive descriptor used for stuff they agree with.
Like most of the alt-right slang, it originally had other meanings, and it's sometimes used in those meanings too... But when the context is politics, it's the descriptor the alt-right uses for itself.
See: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Alt-right_glossary#Based https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Alt-right_glossary#Based
- jakeogh 9y ago"alt-right" is also slang often used as a negative smear that jives with the preconceptions that people who are unhappy about current US politics have about the other side. Generally used to lump in the extremes ("rational" wiki's main feature).
- betterbeehome 9y agoNo it came from the black community (from a rapper) and was adopted by the wider community. It's not an "alt-right" thing. It's an internet thing.