The same people who complain about a gerontocracy on here will be like: Who cares if children learn to read or not? School: meh. Youtube+staring out the window is just as good.
— Angie Schmitt🚶♀️ (@schmangee) March 10, 2022
Witnessing actual (at least so-called) progressives claim this — apparently earnestly — has been mind-boggling. And it was not an uncommon occurrence.