I had a political conversation with a right-wing co-worker a while back, and he generally operated in good faith, but he got flustered and tried to do the "why do you use big/pretentious words" scold on me, and he did not handle it well when I responded "I guess home school and Liberty University didn't land you with much of a vocabulary".

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Good writers and speakers use clear and simple words. If you can't explain something to a five year old then you don't know very much about it.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago

I'll clap for you, can't miss out on being part of everyone.