I was about to respond to somebody with "She's not exactly Mother Theresa"

[conuly]

when I remembered that a. Mother Theresa isn't the best example and b. in that place, people probably know that.

Opinion time! What (female) name should I use when disparagingly comparing a person to a really good, philanthropic person? Should be somebody recognizable, with no fairly well-known bad behavior. No propping up corrupt dictators, no comments about how the suffering of the poor is "beautiful", no hypocrisy, and so on.

Edit: No people who are mostly famous for having died in awful ways, or otherwise being in the wrong place at the wrong time, especially if they are still (or died when they were) minors and young adults and didn't have much of a chance to be particularly good or bad people.

Comments

[conuly]

Not to say that she isn't hard-working, brave, and generally good-hearted. It's just that sometimes people surprise you as they move from early adulthood to later adulthood, but they're less likely to surprise you after the age of 25 or 30 or so.

[pipilj]

Malala is admirable but does make controversial statements often glossing over failures of her own state. But she is a remarkable young women and I think a lot of foot in the mouth politicians can learn with her. I also feel you have to young to be passionate about a subject (young Greta Thunberg) Most people loose their passion and ideals when they get older and real life problems and cynicism creeps in.