• Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
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    Having said that, everyone running for office should have to take a cognitive test.

    Ah, yes, literacy tests

    Looking at the link …

    How Literacy Tests Were Used To Stop Black Americans From

    I could definitely see how that would test someone’s mental capability for running a political office. /s

    … were a great idea that we should definitely bring back! /s

    Cognitive and literary tests are not the same thing.

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        A blatant strawman. The usual purview of people who couldn’t pass a cognitive test

        Pointing out the difference between a cognitive test and a literary test is not a ‘blatant strawman’.

        The usual purview of people who couldn’t pass a cognitive test

        And we’re back to trying to kill the messenger.

        At this point you really need to update your LLM, the responses you’re giving are very transparent, and non-effective.

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          Thanks for the help… When someone is talking about cognitive tests and another interjects a sarcastic jibe counter-argument about literacy tests, that’s a strawman…

          From Wikipedia:

          Strawman argument (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawman_argument)

          A straw man is a form of argument and an informal fallacy based on giving the impression of refuting an opponent’s argument, while actually refuting an argument that was not presented by that opponent.

          Additionally I believe I was agreeing with you by pointing the fact out while choosing not to engage with the other poster as arguments like this indicate they are likely not worth engaging. Sorry for any confusion, I have problems communicating with others sometimes.

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      I could definitely see how that would test someone’s mental capability for running a political office. /s

      I could very easily see the Secretary of the Department of Cognition under Once And Future President Donald Trump, who is delegated with the role of evaluating fitness for office, rubber stamping Louie Gohmert while finding Barack Obama wanting.

      Demanding congresscritters take the PraegerU Wokeness Exam would not improve the quality of elected officials.