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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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[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Ever since noticing that their version of history is completely vibes based, stuff like this doesn't shock me at all anymore. OBVIOUSLY, the best way to understand the modern world is to read some lofty Irish musings that parallel ancient Greek poetry. The thing is, they probably didn't even read it for literatures sake. They read it for the status of having said "I've read Ulysses smuglord "

[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

I kind of suspect they hadn't even read it, they just googled "best classic literature list" and picked the book at the top so they could sound well read and smart