After watching the documentary over the weekend I thought about when I saw it the first time because it felt like I’d seen it before. And I believe it was 2019 at an ENT100 class during my brief time at…
In 2013, when all this was happening, to be honest, I was too busy focusing on digging myself out of a hole I put myself in during my 20’s and make something of myself as a bus driver.
Obligatory bus driver selfie
But anyway. This is not about me. It’s about Aaron Schartz. The NYC street spic in me just has to get this out of the way…
And the @$$hole in me that can’t help but find the humor in any situation can’t help but ask really Aaron!?..
Guys like Aaron are far few between. He didn’t go about his activism the way most did, and still do. I remember him and Edward Snowden being scapegoats for the Governments excuse to have complete control over all data and its distribution. By the end of this complete viewing I can say with a clear head that a portion of Aaron Schwartz blood is on Barack Obamas hands. And until his dying day, as we glorify him for all the obvious woke reasons. It has to be someone’s job to every now and then remind him of this egregious fuck up. Watching the documentary gave me goosebumps and made me want to tackle the topic myself, my way, on a possible future episode of A_StranJ_Perspective. Because if there’s anything this man, his movement, many and I have in common. It’s the fact we share the same sentiment of…