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Reality-based community
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<p><i>Reality-based community</i> is a <a href="/facts/Derisive/A4pK9FGq">derisive</a> term for people who base judgments on <a href="/facts/Fact/jkr0IGn8">facts</a>. It was first attributed to a senior official working for U.S. president <a href="/facts/George_W._Bush/mYSgM515">George W. Bush</a> by the reporter <a href="/facts/Ron_Suskind/koEJXoQR">Ron Suskind</a> in 2004. Many <a href="/facts/American_liberal/nlQnBncX">American liberals</a> adopted the label for themselves, using it to portray themselves as adhering to facts in contrast to <a href="/facts/Conservatism_in_the_United_States/ye90yMMJ">conservatives</a> presumed to be disregarding professional and scientific <a href="/facts/Expertise/W1BtG3h1">expertise</a>. </p>