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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? (hexbear.net)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by ThereRisesARedStar@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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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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[โ€“] Othello@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

is it wrong to want to throw books at white people? screams "you will never understand the black perspective and history without reading black authors and that always includes lefist" throws the wretched of the earth then sister outsider and many more at head / joking

[โ€“] IzyaKatzmann@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

Haha, you had me laughing (as opposed to breathing heavily out of my nose) with that first sentence.