• Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    17·
    10 months ago

    Some people didn’t have an opportunity to learn in the first place. Lack of education doesn’t make someone “fucking NUTS”.

    • TeckFire@lemmy.worldEnglish
      67·
      10 months ago

      I think they meant a quarter of the population being illiterate, that is, that fact that such a statistic exists, is “fucking nuts,” not the illiterate population themselves.

      • nixcamic@lemmy.world
        12·
        10 months ago

        Although a quarter having untreated mental illnesses is also fucking nuts in both senses haha.

      • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        3·
        10 months ago

        Well he proceeded it by saying that they don’t “like” to read, implying that this is a choice on their part.

        • TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works
          5·
          10 months ago

          Hence it being a question. I wasn’t aware that access to learning to read wasn’t easily available.

          Stats on illiterate by choice vs socioeconomic standing would be very interesting