The author mentions this in the article: > while “Luddite” may be a pejorative today, the textile workers who destroyed mechanized looms were not behaving so i

The author mentions this in the article: > while “Luddite” may be a pejorative today, the textile workers who destroyed mechanized looms were not behaving so irrationally from an economic standpoint. So when the author says she is not a Luddite, she does so knowing full well what that word means.