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Griffin added more details to her initial post, writing, “A senior US official tells me that it was a US military strike on Iran’s Qeshm port and Bandar Abbas moments ago but added this is NOT a restarting of the war or end to the ceasefire.”

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[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 15 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Well, a large percentage of the US is stupid.

[–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Most Americans can't read at a 12th grade level.

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

More than half the adult population can’t read at a grade 6 level.

[–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 5 points 14 hours ago

Yep, that's the whole most Americans are functionally illiterate. I know. We're mostly a lost cause.

[–] CyberSeeker@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Most humans can’t read at a 12th grade level.

[–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 5 points 15 hours ago

Yeah but we're talking about America where education through the 12th grade is compulsory. By virtue of passing every American with a high school education should be capable of analyzing and consuming media at a pre-collegiate level. More than half can't do it at even a sixth grade level. Half of Americans are functionally illiterate. Just look at any reddit thread or any America centric fediverse thread.