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Re:Global cyber attack that left U.S. flag on screens by chaosite on Sunday April 08, 2018 @04:58AM (#16785300)
"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

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Re:Global cyber attack that left U.S. flag on screens by jakeogh on Sunday April 08, 2018 @05:07AM (#16785326)
"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).
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Re:Global cyber attack that left U.S. flag on screens by betterbeehome on Sunday April 08, 2018 @05:15AM (#16785348)
No 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.
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