kittydorkling:mywingsareonwheels:reguess1997:panzerschwanzwagen:radicalgraff:Anti-Thatcher graffiti
kittydorkling:mywingsareonwheels:reguess1997:panzerschwanzwagen:radicalgraff:Anti-Thatcher graffiti seen around the UK shortly after her death on the 8th of April 2013what a bunch of misogynists[margaret-thatcher-girl-power.png]Yes a lot of hatred against Thatcher was and is expressed through misogyny, which fucking sucks.But the reason why people throughout the Irish & British Isles hate her is because she was absolutely vile and destroyed huge numbers of lives (whole communities in fact), was friends with dictators (inc. Pinochet), was highly homophobic, racist, and misogynist herself, and generally she was Not A Good Thing. The present complete mess that is the current UK political situation would not have been possible without her.About her only redeeming feature (beyond being intelligent and competent, which were excellent qualities used in the service of bloody awful policies) is that she was pro-Europe, and honestly I think there’s an underexplored thing here where her pro-Europeanness is part of why people in some of the communities she trashed 30+ years ago have been so easily swayed by Brexit rhetoric.Which still doesn’t make it remotely okay when people directed or direct misogyny at her/her memory, because misogyny is literally never okay. But she wasn’t a feminist, and she does not deserve to be a feminist icon.FUCKING THIS -- source link
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