I share your sentiment of not being overly judgmental when you see an en/em dash but this feels overly reductive and hostile:
> Proper writing in general is being derided by younger folks who are too uneducated to tell the difference.
There are legitimate differences in writing styles between age groups and cultures and being overly prescriptive in what is “right” vs “wrong” doesn’t help your argument IMO
It’s not the media’s fault that the initial executive order was an ambiguous mess that threatened the livelihoods of immigrants all across the country.
The third option here is writing type stubs for the library, which you can sometimes find community versions of as well. They’re not too time consuming to write and generally work well enough to bridge the gap
> Proper writing in general is being derided by younger folks who are too uneducated to tell the difference.
There are legitimate differences in writing styles between age groups and cultures and being overly prescriptive in what is “right” vs “wrong” doesn’t help your argument IMO