I know I’m talking about functional illiteracy, that’s why I said “Most likely functionally illiterate” in my comment.

The person who replied to me brought up media literacy/illiteracy, which is a separate concept, and mistakenly referred to it as illiteracy, which I corrected.

No, most people are not illiterate, you’re confusing literacy with media literacy because that’s what you want to talk about instead.

There is a difference between “I don’t know what that sign says” and “I don’t know what this book means.”

asking why be upset with them when there’s other people to be upset about is just whataboutism

I don’t think so, many people didn’t vote, and leftists are an extreme minority in this country, so it’s certainly a choice to focus on them and not all non-voters.

Like yes, all those others are also bad. Doesn’t mean I’m gonna cut them any slack.

Who’s saying anything about cutting slack? Yes all non-voters are to blame, but the meme is about Pro-Palestinians causing the apocalypse, not non-voters.

It’s not whataboutism to ask why one focuses intensely on a small minority, when you admit that the problem is beyond that minority.

Why do you focus on leftists often?

Most likely functionally illiterate and not 100% “I can’t read,” but I’ve overestimated instagrammers before

memes are supposed to be memish, and for the most part that means silly

Untrue, memes are just a pattern of information, they can be comedic, silly, satirical, anything. Silly is not a base component.

Are you incapable of this level of discourse?

Are you? I said the idea was silly, and you said that was doing its job because its a meme.

I never said " it’s just a meme " or any of those other things you’re trying to cram in my mouth.

“Right, so memes blaming them for the apocalypse is extra silly”

You replied with:

Memes are supposed to be. So, mission accomplished?

Before you can question the attributes of someone’s intellect, you might want to actually have some for comparison.

The absolute irony of this statement. Firstly, I was questioning your intellectual *cowardice* by being too much of a pussy to stand by your statements and instead say its okay to have silly opinions because the opinions were delivered by memes.

So maybe work on your reading comprehension before you want to attack someone’s intellect.

it absolutely means something

So then why the deflection with “memes are supposed to be silly?” Obviously I’m referring to the meaning of the meme, passing it off as “just a meme” is intellectual cowardice.

So why use them as an example of the flawed logic that all non voters have?

Hating statistically irrelevant leftists is counter productive.

“it’s just a meme bro it doesn’t mean anything”

okay, at least you agree it is silly behavior

Granted on the premise that leaving the house should be rewarded.

The one saving grace is that there aren’t enough of them here to sway a dog catcher election, let alone a national one.

Right, so memes blaming them for the apocalypse is extra silly

But everyone left of them didn’t vote, and I think there are certainly more non-voting liberals than non-voting leftists, so focusing on an even smaller minority of Pro-Palestinian abstainers is silly.

Only 64% of the Voting Eligible Population turned out in 2024, what percentage of that 36% remaining do you really think is Pro-Palestinians that couldn’t stomach Harris?

Do you have any facts that show it was Pro-Palestinians that failed to show up? Instead of America just wanting the reactionary populism?

It’s not leftists’ fault at all that a centrist party lost to a far right party. Please provide any proof whatsoever that it was Pro-Palestinian voters that caused Democrats to lose the popular vote, the electoral college, the house, and the senate.

Another day, another Lemmy post blaming leftists instead of Republicans, conservatives, racists, and their enablers.

why are you personally offended

This is your problem, you’re making dumb assumptions because you’re stupid. Dumb assumptions like “Pro-Palestinian purity non-voters cost us the election.”

Drag didn’t mention anyone who was pro-palestine at all in drag’s comment

some of them thought becoming the Fourth Reich and blowing up Palestine was a decent way to teach Kamala a lesson

lmao @ “might be time for some introspection,” I don’t need advice regarding introspection from someone with a gimmick, I voted Kamala btw

Some of them just didn’t care, and some of them thought becoming the Fourth Reich and blowing up Palestine was a decent way to teach Kamala a lesson

Again, you are focusing on Pro-Palestinians for some reason when you don’t know their impact.

So instead of blaming Pro-Palestinian people, why aren’t they looking into why voter turnout is so low?