Biased Balance - Revision history

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‎Biased Balance as a facet of categorism

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‎Biased Balance as a facet of categorism

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-Aiming for balance not between two sides coexisting, but rather between one side's right to exist and the other side's “right” to harass them. (In Swedish: balansbias)
+Aiming for balance not between people of two categories coexisting, but rather a balance between one side's right to exist and the other side's “right” to harass them. (In Swedish: balansbias)
 ==Biased Balance as a facet of categorism==
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 ==Biased balance and foci of categorism==
 Examples of applying this facet to a particular [[foci of categorism]] can include:
-* ''[[Homophobia]]'': Not standing up for the right for gay people to have their relationships in peace as well as the right for religious people to worship in peace, but instead standing up for a balance between the right for gay people to have their relationships in peace versus the “right” for religious people to persecute gay people.
+* ''[[Homophobia]]'': Not standing up for the right for gay people to have their relationships in peace as well as the right for religious people to have their relationships in peace, but instead standing up for a balance between the right for gay people to have their relationships in peace versus the “right” for religious people to persecute gay people and deny them the right to love each other.

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 * ''[[Zero-category]]'': Making it look as if equal rights for the people in a marginalized group would be "special rights" by hiding the [[normative]] group.
 Examples of applying this facet to a particular [[foci of categorism]] can include:
 * ''[[Homophobia]]'': Not standing up for the right for gay people to have their relationships in peace as well as the right for religious people to worship in peace, but instead standing up for a balance between the right for gay people to have their relationships in peace versus the “right” for religious people to persecute gay people.

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 ==Biased Balance as a facet of categorism==
-Something is a facet of categorism when it [[Levels of categorism|on some level]] and based on a categorization of people is an expression of [[prejudice]], [[bigotry]], [[discrimination]], or some combination thereof. When Biased Balance based on a categorization of people, it is a matter of prejudice. Which is often fueled by and used to further fuel bigotry and/or discrimination. Note that while a person can do biased balance without basing it on a categorization of people, it is unlikely to stay that way for long: How would they justify their bias without making a distinction between "us" and "them"?
+Something is a [[facet of categorism]] when it [[Levels of categorism|on some level]] and based on a categorization of people is an expression of [[prejudice]], [[bigotry]], [[discrimination]], or some combination thereof. When Biased Balance based on a categorization of people, it is a matter of prejudice. Which is often fueled by and used to further fuel bigotry and/or discrimination. Note that while a person can do biased balance without basing it on a categorization of people, it is unlikely to stay that way for long: How would they justify their bias without making a distinction between "us" and "them"?
 * Biased Balance is prejudice: A biased balance is the misconception that a perspective is fair and balanced when it is actually very biased.

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 ==Biased Balance as a facet of categorism==
-Something is a facet of categorism when it [[Levels of categorism|on some level]] and based on a categorization of people is an expression of [[prejudice]], [[bigotry]], [[discrimination]], or some combination thereof. Biased Balance is a matter of prejudice, often used to fuel bigotry and/or discrimination.
+Something is a facet of categorism when it [[Levels of categorism|on some level]] and based on a categorization of people is an expression of [[prejudice]], [[bigotry]], [[discrimination]], or some combination thereof. When Biased Balance based on a categorization of people, it is a matter of prejudice. Which is often fueled by and used to further fuel bigotry and/or discrimination. Note that while a person can do biased balance without basing it on a categorization of people, it is unlikely to stay that way for long: How would they justify their bias without making a distinction between "us" and "them"?
 * Biased Balance is prejudice: A biased balance is the misconception that a perspective is fair and balanced when it is actually very biased.
 * Biased Balance can be fueled by bigotry: When you hate them, anything done against them seems "fair".
 * Biased Balance can be fueled by discrimination: The "just world fallacy". The emotional need to perceive current practices, whatever those practices might be, as being "fair".
 * Biased Balance can fuel other prejudice, bigotry and discrimination: Once you have established it as being "fair" and decided to ignore the evidence to the contrary, anything goes.
 ==Interactions==

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	Aiming for balance not between two sides coexisting, but rather between one side's right to exist and the other side's “right” to harass them. (In Swedish: balansbias)		Aiming for balance not between two sides coexisting, but rather between one side's right to exist and the other side's “right” to harass them. (In Swedish: balansbias)
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		+	==Biased Balance as a facet of categorism==
		+	Something is a facet of categorism when it [[Levels of categorism\|on some level]] and based on a categorization of people is an expression of [[prejudice]], [[bigotry]], [[discrimination]], or some combination thereof. Biased Balance is a matter of prejudice, often used to fuel bigotry and/or discrimination.
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		+	* Biased Balance is prejudice: A biased balance is the misconception that a perspective is fair and balanced when it is actually very biased.
		+	* Biased Balance can be fueled by bigotry: When you hate them, anything done against them seems "fair".
		+	* Biased Balance can be fueled by discrimination: The "just world fallacy". The emotional need to perceive current practices, whatever those practices might be, as being "fair".
		+	* Biased Balance can fuel other prejudice, bigotry and discrimination: Once you have established it as being "fair" and decided to ignore the evidence to the contrary, anything goes.

	==Interactions==		==Interactions==

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-A [[facet of categorism]]: Aiming for balance not between two sides coexisting, but rather between one side's right to exist and the other side's “right” to harass them. (In Swedish: balansbias)
+Aiming for balance not between two sides coexisting, but rather between one side's right to exist and the other side's “right” to harass them. (In Swedish: balansbias)
 ==Interactions==
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 * ''[[Narrativism]]'': Building a story about how the injustice is "fair and balanced".
 * ''[[Zerosumming]]'': Making it seem fair by pretending that every gain for the people in one group automatically is an equal loss for the people in another group.
 As well as with [[abstractions of categorism|abstractions]] such as:

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-A [[facet of categorism]]: Aiming for balance not between two sides coexisting, but rather between one side's right to exist and the other side's “right” to harass them. For example: Not standing up for the right for gay people to have their relationships in peace as well as the right for religious people to worship in peace, but instead standing up for a balance between the right for gay people to have their relationships in peace versus the “right” for religious people to persecute gay people. (In Swedish: balansbias)
+A [[facet of categorism]]: Aiming for balance not between two sides coexisting, but rather between one side's right to exist and the other side's “right” to harass them. (In Swedish: balansbias)
 ==Interactions==
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 This [[facet of categorism]] is an expression of: [[prejudice]], leading to [[discrimination]].<br>
-It is likely to intersect with facets such as the following:
+It is likely to intersect with facets such as:
-* [[Narrativism]]: Building a story about how the injustice is "fair and balanced".
+* ''[[Narrativism]]'': Building a story about how the injustice is "fair and balanced".
-* [[Zerosumming]]: Making it seem fair by pretending that every gain for the people in one group automatically is an equal loss for the people in another group.
+* ''[[Zerosumming]]'': Making it seem fair by pretending that every gain for the people in one group automatically is an equal loss for the people in another group.
-As well as with [[abstractions of categorism|abstractions]] such as the following:
+As well as with [[abstractions of categorism|abstractions]] such as:
-* [[Categorist co-definitions]]: Fiddling with the categorization to hide the injustice, through lumping one group into another.
+* ''[[Categorist co-definitions]]'': Fiddling with the categorization to hide the injustice, through lumping one group into another.
-* [[Categorist distinctions]]: Fiddling with the categorization to hide the injustice, through separating a part of the relevant group from the rest or separating the people in the group from their rights.
+* ''[[Categorist distinctions]]'': Fiddling with the categorization to hide the injustice, through separating a part of the relevant group from the rest or separating the people in the group from their rights.
-* [[Zero-category]]: Making it look as if equal rights for the people in a marginalized group would be "special rights" by hiding the [[normative]] group.
+* ''[[Zero-category]]'': Making it look as if equal rights for the people in a marginalized group would be "special rights" by hiding the [[normative]] group.

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	A [[facet of categorism]]: Aiming for balance not between two sides coexisting, but rather between one side's right to exist and the other side's “right” to harass them. For example: Not standing up for the right for gay people to have their relationships in peace as well as the right for religious people to worship in peace, but instead standing up for a balance between the right for gay people to have their relationships in peace versus the “right” for religious people to persecute gay people. (In Swedish: balansbias)		A [[facet of categorism]]: Aiming for balance not between two sides coexisting, but rather between one side's right to exist and the other side's “right” to harass them. For example: Not standing up for the right for gay people to have their relationships in peace as well as the right for religious people to worship in peace, but instead standing up for a balance between the right for gay people to have their relationships in peace versus the “right” for religious people to persecute gay people. (In Swedish: balansbias)
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		+	==Interactions==
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		+	This [[facet of categorism]] is an expression of: [[prejudice]], leading to [[discrimination]].<br>
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		+	It is likely to intersect with facets such as the following:
		+	* [[Narrativism]]: Building a story about how the injustice is "fair and balanced".
		+	* [[Zerosumming]]: Making it seem fair by pretending that every gain for the people in one group automatically is an equal loss for the people in another group.
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		+	As well as with [[abstractions of categorism\|abstractions]] such as the following:
		+	* [[Categorist co-definitions]]: Fiddling with the categorization to hide the injustice, through lumping one group into another.
		+	* [[Categorist distinctions]]: Fiddling with the categorization to hide the injustice, through separating a part of the relevant group from the rest or separating the people in the group from their rights.
		+	* [[Zero-category]]: Making it look as if equal rights for the people in a marginalized group would be "special rights" by hiding the [[normative]] group.