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This is kind of disrespectful to Aaron Swartz: >Headlines reduced her to a female Aaron Swartz
by jonnismash 7y ago
This is kind of disrespectful to Aaron Swartz:
>Headlines reduced her to a female Aaron Swartz
- SECProto 7y agoWhen I make a glaze reduced down from balsamic vinegar, it doesn't mean I think the glaze is somehow worse or better.
- TallGuyShort 7y agoI think the implication is that calling her a female anything is skipping past her individual contributions as though she's the token female in this story, hence "reduction". I don't entirely agree that those headlines are a reduction, but that's what they meant I think. Edit: maybe "the next Aaron Swartz" is slightly better
- ALittleLight 7y agoI don't mean to cast aspersions, but her accomplishments seem far more impactful then Aaron's.
- _emacsomancer_ 7y agoI think the two both have important accomplishments, but they're not actually that similar in the details.
- mirimir 7y agoHuh? It's more disrespectful to her. Also, if he'd been as protected from adversaries, he'd arguably still be alive.