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Re: My Aaron Swartz, whom I loved

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Then go tell that to the murder. I hope the prosecutor burns in hell. Fuck that monkey and all she has ever done.

Calling her a monkey is unbearably and unquestionably racist, and I think you might want to take a minute or two and think about why you said that. From http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/semmelweis : "Looking at ourselves objectively isn’t easy. But it’s essential if we ever want to get better. And if we don’t do it, we leave ourselves open to con artists and ethical compromisers who prey on our desire to believe we’re p…

It is certainly insulting and inappropriate, but I am surprised that the racist connotation has managed to endure eight years of "Bush is a chimp" jokes.

(Yes, I know chimps are apes and not monkeys.)

Re: My Aaron Swartz, whom I loved

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Sure, but what indication is there that the comment is referring to her race?

Absolutely none. Indeed, to accuse an insulter of racism for deriding someone as belonging to another species is to conflate the concepts of race and species. At best that's ignorant; at worst it's racist! As to the prosecutor's species, isn't the saga of Aaron Swartz sufficient evidence? As to her race, have a look at her picture and judge for yourself: http://goo.gl/JNck7

Yes, because people who call out racism are the REAL racists.
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