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Based is one that, as another user said, could go either way. Its original use is very alt-right, but today I personally probably see it used more in support of leftist ideals.
Cuck certainly is much more of a red flag. I have seen it used ironically by people whom I have reason to respect, but it's far more likely to be the source of some serious questions.
I posted this under another comment but it was originally from a rapper Lil B the Based God
"Based means being yourself. Not being scared of what people think about you. Not being afraid to do what you wanna do. Being positive. When I was younger, based was a negative term that meant like dopehead, or basehead. People used to make fun of me. They was like, 'You’re based.' They’d use it as a negative. And what I did was turn that negative into a positive. I started embracing it like, 'Yeah, I’m based.' I made it mine. I embedded it in my head. Based is positive."
That's pretty wholesome. I can totally see how toxic people twisted the meaning into a toxic place though.
Wouldn't be the first time awful people tried to take over and twist well-meaning jargon from black people.
When they did it to "woke", I was pretty peeved. I immediately started aggressively reclaiming it.