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A cognitive bias where one projects the claim of neutrality onto one's own position while denying it to others—assuming that one is simply describing things as they are while others are advocating, promoting, or pushing an agenda. Projection of neutrality operates when someone says "I'm just asking questions" while those questions are designed to undermine; when they claim to be "just presenting facts" while the selection of facts serves a purpose; when they present themselves as above the fray while actively participating in it. The projection lies in the invisibility of one's own commitments—the assumption that one's own framing is just description, one's own values are just common sense, one's own agenda is just reality. It's a form of bad faith disguised as good faith, a way of participating in debate while claiming to transcend it.
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