• Gerblat@lemmy.world
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    A looot of people never matured past the junior high/high school level. And a looot of those people are conservatives

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      In Law school they teach us about the “eighth grade rule”. Basically if you’re going to say anything to a jury, make sure an 8th grader would be able to understand it… And after watching a few jury selections, that honestly seems optimistic.

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        Oof, yeah depending on how long ago that standard was set, that bar could be a tripping hazard by now 😅