Over 50% of Americans cannot read at a high school level.
But we're going to try to tell them about Trump being an authoritarian or fascist.
They don't know what these words mean and they lack the intellectual framework and knowledge of history to understand the explanation.
The end.
Please do not reply to this post with projection, abusive speech or imaginary meanings you make up yourself.
I've had three people do this now and I will obviously block you.
The 50% figure is factual. I didn't make it up. I'm not suggesting anything except an explanation for why Democratic messages failed to convince people to vote for Harris. Many of them literally didn't understand what she was talking about.
I'm not saying that this can't be changed. I'm saying this is the situation as it is now. How we got to a place where over 50% of adults cannot understand political discourse, have no knowledge of history or current events, etc. and can't read an article to learn about it is worth discussing.
Your crazy BS is not.
Consider seeing a therapist instead of replying here.
Seriously.
In my feed today.
https://plus.flux.community/p/the-science-behind-why-donald-trump
Sociologist Darren Sherkat discusses how right-wing social viewpoints seem to inhibit cognitive development
Covered in my class
Political speeches are ramping up as the US prepares for the election on 5 November, with a host of different styles and tactics being used. Studies have shown that as the literacy rates in a county decline, voter participation also tends to decrease, and therefore understanding readability is cruci...
@thenerdfulspirit @dangrsmind I think we shouldn't cede the ground of easily accessible prose to the right. That doesn't mean we should sacrifice using the right word or saying more complicated things. When I write I'll use big words but explain what they mean if it's not known by the general public.
One thing I'm currently working on is mini-zines meant to be read by anyone, including children, about opposing fascism.
One of the bulletpoints in Project 2025 and Trump's campaign is the abolition of the US Department of Education:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/project-2025-kill-us-department-of-education
@dangrsmind I've been thinking about the fact that #Canada has the wonderful Canadian Museum of Human Rights, and how I wish that we could send all children in Canada on a field trip there ... They have resources for teachers, and maybe they would be useful for some teachers out there (or maybe they would have suggestions for the museum on things that would be good to add and make public)
Whether the words are spoken inside or outside the building's walls, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights has been a home to difficult conversations for a decade — the Winnipeg landmark celebrated its 10th anniversary last week.
I grew up in Lexington Massachusetts so I know that the famous Minute Men were drunks that hung around in a tavern together.
Jesus, is it actually that bad?
@dangrsmind
I'm sorry, how is it possible that half the population of one of the world's most technologically advanced nations is close to illiterate?
That's mind-blowing to me.
@dangrsmind
Need for simple voter qualification test --
1. Are you confident that the Universe is over 10,000 years old ?
2. Did you vote for Trump more than once ?
#Fascism #Ignorance
Evolution isn't mentioned in my post.
You are replying to my post.
You seem to be actively hallucinating, seek medical care.
Also I always block people that think they can tell me what to write or not write.
I don't know you and I do not want to. Your responses here are abusive and frankly pretty nutty.
Go away.
this man is interviewing kanye god help us all
This is exactly what I was talking about.
I hadn't seen this video however.
Aiden Ross is Trump's son Baron's favorite podcaster which is why Trump was on his show.
@dangrsmind You might also find this interesting, written in 2014 about Trump's oral-focused communication rather than written:
"Oral culture rewards redundancy... repetition is one useful technique, and Trump is a master of it. Consider the remarks he made during a March debate: "I'm a leader. I'm a leader. I've always been a leader. I've never had any problem leading people. If I say do it, they're going to do it. That's what leadership is all about.""
https://bsky.app/profile/weisenthal.bsky.social/post/3lap226nmkc2b
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