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Let’s Talk About Bias.
Specifically, anti-MAGA bias
Someone accused me of bias this morning. Specifically, bias against MAGA and Trump supporters. Apparently it’s disappointing to discover that I’m not the morally neutral arbiter of truth they imagined me to be.
So let’s talk about it. Let’s talk about my neutrality.
The accusation of bias has become a powerful weapon in modern discourse, wielded like a ceremonial sword that’s meant to end all debate.
It’s frequently directed at members of marginalized groups who dare to express concerns about political movements explicitly targeting them.
Imagine accusing a chess piece of bias against the player trying to remove it from the board. That’s pretty much how it plays out.
Here’s the thing about bias: sometimes what looks like bias is actually pattern recognition. Sometimes it’s mathematics. Sometimes it’s the simple calculus of survival. Sometimes it’s just common sense.
I am a transgender woman. This fact shouldn’t be particularly relevant to my ability to analyze political movements or discuss policy implications.
But here we are, in 2025, where my very existence has become a convenient political football, kicked around by people who have never met me, never spoken to me, never…