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i dont like political content tbh but especially ppl who are clearly larping. like ur influencing 100s of thousands if not MILLIONS of ppl, and cant pronounce basic words that are commonly used in academic journals? wrap it up, gimme sb else rn. 😭
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Anonymous 1d

and this applies to both sides fr. like idk im blocking them. the second i hear u mispronounce or misuse a word that they SHOULD know if they did as much research and are as educated as they claim i log out. unreliable source. were done.

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Anonymous 1d

Who’s LARPing? The only thing I can think of is when Trump was mispronouncing acetaminophen during his RFK jr talk. Not a moral sin to mispronounce something but I guess it’s important

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

i saw like 3 today on social media. thats why i specified content. and i checked. these were all people words horrifically (who happened to be using tiktoks as primary sources mispronouncing words that they should encounter DAILY as a political content creator who have 100k+ followers EACH. like im sorry i actually am not listening to them.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

i think its important because anyone who claims to be in these political spheres or have education in polisci or history would have heard these things pronounced and read them a BUNCH. they use it incorrectly and mispronounce it. and then rewatched the video and didn’t recognize their mistake so clearly thats a mistake. then their “sources” are FB posts or tiktoks like oh…thats a problem when they may be someones only source of political awareness 🫩

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

i have a degree in government and am finishing my history B.A. now. so these are content creators Larping as people well educated in general, but especially educated on the subjects they’re influencing people on as it relates to politics yet CONSTANTLY mispronouncing words common in peer reviewed social science journals or using them wrong? not possible. its sketchy and i dont trust them. we talk about industry plants in entertainment, lets talk about the ones in politics 🫪

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

Ok lol In general, I am pretty good at pronouncing words because I did a lot of reading out loud as a child. Honestly, reading the Bible out loud helped with that. But I’m also not a political influencer so I can make mistakes lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

no exactly! like theres a lack of understanding on meaning and pronunciation of like words that are more than 2 syllables. but to other people who lack that understanding as well it sounds smart. and THOSE are the people, like i said on both sides, who take what they say as truth at face value and form personal political philosophies off of that. i think thats a problem. classic case of the blind leading the blind, but one of the blind just talks “smarter”.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

Well, I’m sorry but reading levels are a grade behind on average so it’s only going to get worse Not just Covid, but I think this started when people regularly used smartphones at school (and got worse during Covid /ai )

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