• Very_Bad_Janet
    2•9 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?

    • Primarily0617
      -1•9 months ago

      I don’t want everybody working off their own interpretation of what the constitution says, no. This is the same argument as people who are anti-vax because people should “do their own research” rather than trusting experts.

      There’s obviously value in certain circumstances and walks of life where a higher-than-average reading level is beneficial. However, I can’t really see how any current problems in society could be linked back to the average US citizen’s ability to parse a text that uses long words and long sentences.

      • Very_Bad_Janet
        1•9 months ago

        So, you’d like only a select group of experts - an elite, if you will - to interpret and explain things to the masses.

        • Primarily0617
          0•9 months ago

          This is the same argument as people who are anti-vax because people should “do their own research” rather than trusting experts.

          People who know what they’re doing in a specific technical area should parse highly technical primary sources and disseminate information to those less technically inclined.

          I don’t care what your grade-level is: it has no bearing on your ability to correctly parse technical documents.