“That doesn’t mean the Army thinks soldiers are stupid, does it?”
No it means they know some of the people reading the manuals are ignorant above 8th grade level.
Stupid and ignorant are two different things.
Does conceding your point, Trump doesn’t consider his supporters stupid just ignorant above a 4th grade level, make you feel better about yourself.
No because as I recall it was not a 4th grade level. I recall Trump’s speech being rated at a 6th grade level and the language used by the network moderators who made fun of him for it at that debate was rated at a 5th grade level using the same rating system. The point is that effective speakers tend to speak so everybody in thier audience understands them. Not everybody, especially recent high school grads, functions at anywhere near a12th grade level. I know that as fact from my time in the Army. Do you think those people should all be ignored?