neutrality 

The state or policy of being neutral. Tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement

Neutrality is what many people in this site lacks

neutrality by Tonio31 May 21, 2006

Neutrality 

Having no strong feelings on something one way or another, being neutral. Made popular by the Futurama episode "Brannigan Begin Again."

"What makes a man turn neutral ... Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?"
- Zapp Brannigan

Neutrality by Rankojin August 3, 2004

neutrality act 

Involved a six-month prohibition on exporting arms to any foreign nations engaged in war.

In 1935,Congress passed the first Neutrality Act.

neutrality act by NediaMarie May 29, 2017

Neutrality Bias

The fallacious demand that to be taken seriously, an argument must be presented with detached, emotionless "neutrality," especially in politicized debates. This bias weaponizes the tone of delivery against the substance of the argument. It dismisses passionate advocacy for justice, accounts of personal trauma, or moral outrage as "unobjective," thereby protecting the status quo by requiring that its victims debate their own suffering in the calm language of their oppressors.

Example: A speaker detailing systemic racism is interrupted with, "You're too angry to be logical. If you could state your case neutrally, we could listen." This is Neutrality Bias. It invalidates the argument by criticizing the justifiable emotional presentation, prioritizing the comfort of the audience over the reality of the content.

Neutrality Bias by Dumu The Void February 4, 2026

Neutrality Bias

A cognitive bias that overvalues “neutral” positions, assuming that the middle ground is always more reasonable or truthful than either extreme. This bias ignores that some issues are not symmetrical: one side may be supported by overwhelming evidence, while the other side is rooted in misinformation. Neutrality bias can lead to false equivalence, where serious injustices are placed on the same moral plane as trivial concerns, simply because any stance seems “biased.”

Example: “He argued that both the civil rights marchers and the segregationists had valid points—neutrality bias, treating a moral debate as if the midpoint were always the wisest.”

Neutrality Bias by Abzugal May 1, 2026

Neutrality Bias

A cognitive bias consisting of the illusory belief that one can adopt a neutral, impartial, and value-free position on issues that are intrinsically value-laden or political. Those who suffer from this bias believe that "neutral" means "unbiased," and that their own neutrality is superior to the "engagement" of others. In practice, however, absolute neutrality is impossible: choosing what to study, how to formulate a question, what evidence to consider relevant, how to interpret results – all of this involves values and interests. Neutrality bias leads a person to treat their own position (usually the academic mainstream or educated common sense) as ground zero, while divergent positions are labeled "activist," "ideological," or "biased." This bias is very common among science communicators who call themselves "just transmitters of facts," and among journalists who confuse technical impartiality with political neutrality. The irony is that declared neutrality often hides a conservative alignment with the status quo – because the “neutral position” tends to be precisely the dominant position.

Neutrality Bias Example: “In a debate about structural racism, the debater said: ‘I am neutral, I only present the data. You, on the other hand, are doing activism.’ His ‘neutral data,’ however, completely ignored the historical context – which is already a political position.”

Neutrality Bias by Dumu The Void May 23, 2026

Net Neutrality 

The term describes the belief that Internet service providers (ISPs) and governments should treat data transmitted on the Internet equally regardless of the kind, or size, being transmitted. Net Neutrality advocates are opposed to ISPs throttling connection speeds based on the kind of data being transmitted, or the servers transmitting. Net Neutrality advocates are also opposed to the creation of "fast lanes," or faster/higher bandwidth connections, for exclusive content providers (e.g. Netflix, Youtube, etc.) who often pay, or may be required to pay, an additional fee to ISPs for these fast lanes. A "neutral" net would have ISPs charge users equally regardless of content, site, platform, application, type of attached equipment, and modes of communication. Net Neutrality does NOT refer to censorship of the internet by the Federal Government. Primarily, again, Net Neutrality is the position which states that ISPs should not limit service, or provide exclusive services, to those sending traffic along their network based on content (music, movies, etc.), site (e.g. political websites, websites owned by their competitors, etc.), company/customer, application, equipment, or mode/type of communication (peer to peer).

Many fear that if currently proposed net neutrality laws are passed the FCC will be given unlimited control of the internet, and that private ISPs will influence the FCC to pass regulations that will push their competitors out of business.

Comcast isn't treating traffic neutrally, and thus we must pass Net Neutrality legislation, regulate the internet, and hope that the government, and the Net, won't end up in Comcast's pocket through the revolving door that is Washington DC.

Net Neutrality by asrin September 15, 2014