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As always, nationalism is wrong. Beeing a hacker, activist or unconventional thinker has nothing to do with beeing american. There are enough counter examples,
by holri 14y ago
As always, nationalism is wrong.
Beeing a hacker, activist or unconventional thinker has nothing to do with beeing american.
There are enough counter examples, just study history. (for example that of the CCC and his members and fellows)
- ollysb 14y agoThat may be so but this is the first article I've seen in the mainstream that painted him in such a positive light. Using nationalism is probably the fastest way to get a broad audience in America to support what he was making a stand for.
- tripzilch 14y agoAbsolutely, I understand and maybe even somewhat support that. The problem is when this proud nationalism comes at the cost of taking a dig at other nations/countries or cultures. Yet that's exactly what this article did. And they really did not have to do that, in order for them to make their point (and nor did Graham, for that matter--but perhaps that was an old essay and quoted out of context). It's a particular stumper when you consider that Swartz has loads of fans outside the US as well, and they are following this news with just as much interest, reading also US mainstream articles like these.