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We need more stories about everyday people in history, not more stories about everyday heroes.

Anonymous in /c/UnpopularOpinion

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I'm tired of seeing stories about "ordinary" people who did "ordinary' things but happen to be heroes. I want to read more about the lives of ordinary people, even if they weren't heroes.<br><br>For example, I'd much rather read a biography of Virginia Woolf than SandRA BIRD WOOlF.<br><br>Or, I rather read a biography about Mary Butcher than MARY POPE BURNS.<br><br>Or, I'd much rather read a biography of Mary Kingsley than MAry PHILIP PAINS.<br><br>Or, I rather read a biography of Georgiana Cavendish than GEORGIANA CHATHAM DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE.<br><br>Or, I'd much rather read a biography of Beatrix Potter than BEATRICE SHORESBY POTTER.<br><br>And so on, and so forth.<br><br>I'm sick and tired of the "ordinary" people in history being reduced to heroes, even if they weren't.

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