[Kobi]

Originally Posted by Sparkle

She doesn't intrigue me, she repulses me; much like Ann Coulter repulses me.

I can't watch all the "tributes" to her life today.

The fact that she was the first (and only) woman to rise to the post of PM doesn't impress me, not after having lived with/amidst the consequences of her "reign".

She was not a good leader and not a good person.

She was especially classist and homophobic.

But she was a mother and a grandmother and I am sorry for their loss, I hope she was kind and loving to them.

I don't know much about Thatcher per se. I am curious as to why you see her as a poor leader and not a good person who was classist and homophobic.

Most politicians are classists - they are the only ones who can afford to run for office. And most people of her era were homophobic. I don't know much about her leadership except as I mentioned as to the economics of Friedman who advocated breaking unions, making people disappear, selling off the infrastructure which threw millions of people out of work all over the world etc.

I'm also wondering if we hold female politicians and leaders to a different standard than male politicians. Seriously, Churchill did some shitty stuff, Nixon did, Reagan did. I don't ever remember anyone saying anything like - "he was a father and a grandfather and I am sorry for their loss, I hope he was kind and loving to them."