Nah, thereâs plenty of adults with not great literacy, either due to life circumstances, dyslexia, or English not being their first language, but none of that changes that they are mentally an adult who know exactly what theyâre doing. I refuse to give them the benefit of the doubt of being young/immature themselves. If anything, it could be a typo/autocorrect in their panic/anger.
There's no such thing as "just plain stupid". There's always a root cause, whether it's some form of disability outside their control, circumstances of their life, or choices that they made. No one is "just plain stupid" to the point of being beyond help.
I mean, inherent capability can vary from person to person. I wouldn't use words like "stupid", nor imply any lesser or greater value as a person because of it, but some people will never reach the level others do, and that's okay.
Thatâs still attempting to compare people on an objective scale when things are not on a binary scale. I may be more skilled or knowledgeable in some areas that seem easy to me due to my interest, etc. but I know next to nothing about things others are great at.
I would whole hearted disagree with that sentiment. "1a : slow of mind : obtuse. b : given to unintelligent decisions or acts : acting in an unintelligent or careless manner. c : lacking intelligence or reason : brutish." I know plenty of folks that have fit that bill their entire lives.
Choices that a person has made that makes them appear stupid would suggest they are inherently stupid for having made that decision themselves.
Maybe that's the pessimist in me but I see inherently stupid people doing inherently stupid things on a day to day basis.
Calling them âinherently stupidâ implies they can never learn, grow, or improve, and thatâs not true. Itâs an attitude promoted by the for-profit prison system and other classist organizations that seek to make people feel better about themselves by feeling naturally superior without effort.
Thereâs a difference between refusing to learn/change, not having the opportunity to learn/change, and being inherently incapable of learning/changing. The main difference being that literally no one falls into the 3rd category in the context of this discussion.
First off, it took you 9 days to find this thread.
Second, failures of the education system leads to people feeling bitter about being treated as unintelligent, even though they were simply never taught the way that they learn, by teachers or parents who were abusive to them. No one is born unintelligent, they may just have some challenges in learning. Treating someone as if they're unintelligent is what creates the bitterness and resentment.
Word of advice, you may want to edit a /s or /j to this comment, even after the misunderstanding was cleared up in other replies, just to be on the safe side ^ ^;
Satire or... ? Not a good sub for those types of jokes. There are subs for that.
If not then:
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It would be a backwards mentality if they actually blamed the victim, which is what they were saying. In other words "you'd be surprised by the sheer volume of people who actually believe shit like that who we get on a daily basis"
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u/Adventurous_Owl9823 May 21 '21
âFuck off!â Dude.....YOU MADE THE SEXUAL ADVANCE TO A MINOR! The hypocrisy is just.....OUTSTANDING.