Comment on New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levels
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 11 months agoI would very much like my fellow voters to be able to read and understand things before making a decision.
In Athens they gave political offices away in a lottery. (Slaves and women excepted, of course.) This meant that because the stupidest person in the city could randomly get the highest office, they had a reason to make sure everybody was at least a little competent.
Primarily0617@kbin.social 11 months ago
What exactly would you like them to read and understand that requires a reading level above 6th grade level?
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 11 months ago
Proposed and actual legislation. Complex articles about the implications of policy decisions. Scientific and medical articles. Anything that can produce an informed electorate is what they should be able to read, and most of that is well above a sixth grade level.
prowess2956@kbin.social 11 months ago
I'm really enjoying you trying to change the mind of someone who is clearly three fifth graders in a trench coat.
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 11 months ago
My hope is that somebody else reading the exchange will see the depths of the ignorance of OP. Because they're pretty fucking dumb.
CubbyTustard@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Primarily0617@kbin.social 11 months ago
Good thing there are a wealth of articles explaining in detail exactly what every single line of the constitution means.
CubbyTustard@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social 11 months ago
Are you saying that you would be comfortable having US citizens solely rely on others to interpret and explain the Constitution to them? You don't want them to have the ability to read and understand it themselves? Who would those people explaining the Constitution to everyone else be?
In all of your comments on this thread you seem to be arguing that having a seventh grade + reading level serves no purpose. Do you see any value in having a higher than sixth grade reading level as an American citizen?