Such texts are boring not because of their content but because of how they are written. The style of these texts is almost intended to prevent the reader from getting anything out of them. It’s believed that just by publishing these manuals and reports they meet a certain standard of democracy. But what this kind of writing does is to turn people away from reading. Such writing is, therefore, antidemocratic.
I feel like I comment this like once a week but plain language, y’all. Learn it, push it down people’s throat. Force everyone you know to use it, especially if you work in any kind of writing environment. I’m done with academia, corporate, or other bullshit writing. We need accessibility.
That seriously is not their job. Imagine you would go to a climate scientist or astrophysicist and demand he dumb down his article that is geared towards other experts of the field.
The language needs to fit a certain standard to ensure it is scientifically sound. It is the job of the media, which it usually does terribly, to then extract the key findings in a language for a wider audience.
Vijay Prashad:
I feel like I comment this like once a week but plain language, y’all. Learn it, push it down people’s throat. Force everyone you know to use it, especially if you work in any kind of writing environment. I’m done with academia, corporate, or other bullshit writing. We need accessibility.
Ironically, the UN itself includes plain language in its definition of communication (in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities).
“Plain language? Similar to the wording used by the filthy plebeians? Pah!”
That also explains most countries’ stupid legalese in how laws are written.
To remain neutral or dispassionate to a freedom system is to be against freedom
That seriously is not their job. Imagine you would go to a climate scientist or astrophysicist and demand he dumb down his article that is geared towards other experts of the field.
The language needs to fit a certain standard to ensure it is scientifically sound. It is the job of the media, which it usually does terribly, to then extract the key findings in a language for a wider audience.