• PrimalAnimist@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Not everyone watches US politics, or Fox News. I live in the US and don’t know her. I am sure there are famous faces you don’t know because it’s not your field of interest. Can you identify famous contemporary painters by face? Physicists? Composers? Game designers? Belittling someone’s education because they don’t know something you do is pathetic and says a lot more about you than it does the person you were mocking.

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          1 year ago

          An assumption that one is dealing with assholes and morons when dealing with republicans is always the safe one. I’ll allow that the oblivious one didn’t know who Kellyanne Conway was is possible, but I more firmly believe otherwise.

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            1 year ago

            Believe it or not, but there are also people from outside the USA roaming the internet. They’re usually way more out of touch when it comes to US American politics, and only know the very few biggest players. You can expect a foreigner (who’s not entirely politics ignorant) to know who the president of the US is. That is basic, surface level knowledge. But even important people like the vice president, are far less relevant for people not living in the US.

            You most likely also don’t know about the intricacies of the political systems of other countries. nor their sub-surface people doing their job and contributing to the system. These people are relevant and sometimes important to anyone living there.

            So, why the hell should they be expected to know who some employee/hired person for a US president was?

            …that aside, mocking someone for something they don’t know is just childish and counter productive. If you already put in the energy, why not use the energy to educate, instead of trying to make them feel bad?