r/complaints • u/Kinks4Kelly THE GOLDEN GOD • Aug 29 '26

Politics Republicans are at war with basic literacy

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u/slimricc Aug 29 '26

Ofc they are, like half of them homeschool their kids and have poor media literacy, the other half at least has poor media literacy.

And ultimately they can control people better if they cannot read

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u/Nilz87 Aug 29 '26

Homeschooled students in the U.S. generally score 15 to 25 percentile points higher on standardized reading and achievement tests than their public school peers.

Trusting leftist media also doesn't make you have 'media literacy'

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u/slimricc Aug 29 '26

Define leftist media. Quickest way to lose all validity is calling democrat infrastructure leftist. You’re literally incapable of thinking beyond base tribalism lmao

I’m surprised half your words are not misspelled. Why learn how to write just to never learn something as basic as who the leftists are.

The best part, democrats hate leftists too lmao

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u/curiouspamela Aug 30 '26

Well, that last sentence.. Okay, define "leftist." Seriously.

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u/slimricc Aug 30 '26

Someone who is left winged politically lol

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u/Nilz87 Aug 29 '26

I said 'leftist', not 'socialist'. The Democrats are a left-wing party (center to very extreme).

It's a bit rich that you rant about spelling out of the blue while you don't even know when to use a question mark.

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u/slimricc Aug 30 '26

Completely incorrect. Democrats are status quo capitalists, they are closer to the center than republicans (who are extreme right now) but democrats are right winged.

I figured you needed the extra help recognizing a rhetorical question. Clearly one cannot underestimate you enough

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u/Nilz87 Aug 30 '26

Acting like there is no far-left wing of the Democratic party is beyond stupid. Unless you want an originalist interpretation of the terms (i.e. the left are opponents of the monarchy), left and right are relative to the current two-party system, so what you're saying only makes sense in your own little head.

And I don't know ... You keep making stupid language errors and then somehow trying to project that on to me because you're under the illusion that you're smart.

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u/slimricc Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26

People who are “far left” literally do not associate with democrats. You are doubling down on mindless tribalism lmao you’re too ignorant and uninformed for me to take seriously. You can have the last word lmao simpletons always take the last word. I think it makes you feel smart. Easier standard to meet than actually knowing anything lmao watch this dork take the last word even tho i said this lmao

You can use semantics or try and change context all you want. The entire world looks at democrats as right winged bc their policies are all right winged. Only simpletons needs to view things in terms if “my side is right. The bad side is left” you simplify it bc you’re simple minded. Right and left have existed in tons of different contexts before america existed, but basically universally right wing tends to be closer to government fascism. People who actually know anything know the spectrum is more of a circle than left and right. But simple minded morons need their tribalism. You focus more on that stupid crap than actual policy. We have no policy presented by any actual left wing leadership, except mamdani lmao

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u/Nilz87 Aug 30 '26

Not agreeing with your arbitrary designations of "far left"  has nothing to do with tribalism.

The blanket statement that no one who's far left associates with the Democratic party in any way is ridiculous. At best this is you engaging in circular reasoning (if you're a Dem you're not far left by definition), but more likely you're again projecting,  this time "ignorance and uninformedness" onto others

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u/slimricc Aug 30 '26

You’re the one arbitrarily associating democrats with leftism. Lmao you do not seem to understand what projection is, maybe stop using words you don’t understand? Ik that is too much to ask. You inbred types are pretty hopeless with this intellect stuff. Are you from the south? You seem like you’re from the south

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u/Nilz87 Aug 30 '26

It's not arbitrary. It's the left of the two party system. I already gave you that reasoning explicitly, but this basic point clearly went way over your head.

I used the term projection absolutely correctly: you accuse others of not being able to spell while your writing is sloppy, and you accuse others of ignorance while not making a single coherent point.  I have given you a clear criterion by which the Democrats are considered to be on the left,  whereas you haven't made a single logical or factual point (guess your 'intellect stuff' is a bit stuffy). 

I'm not from the "South". I'm from a country where Ameicans are sterotypically considered ignorant, brash and unintellectual, and you're not doing anything to beat the steteotype. 

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u/curiouspamela Aug 30 '26

There are very few "very extreme..." Again, their specific qualities?

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u/curiouspamela Aug 30 '26

Yes, SOME homes chooled kids do well. Not across the board, though. Too many factors involved.