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askchapo • 1 year ago

How do you get it through people's heads that you're not calling them unintelligent, youre calling them uneducated on a particular subject?

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How do you get it through people's heads that you're not calling them unintelligent, youre calling them uneducated on a particular subject?

ThereRisesARedStar [she/her, they/them] to

askchapo • 1 year ago

I'm noticing a lot of people taking "you should read more about this, here are some book recommendations" as insulting their intelligence.

This is relevant because most USians lack a political education.

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emizeko [they/them]
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1 year ago

Wanger

so it's pronounced like an Elmer Fudd version of Ranger, not to rhyme with "hanger"... right?

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- FlakesBongler [they/them]
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  1 year ago
  I mean yeah
  
  Hanger breaks the flow of the gag
  
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  - emizeko [they/them]
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    1 year ago
    carry on
    
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