It seems as though the perpetrators and media enablers of class war are absolutely appalled at the reaction of working people to the death of Margaret Thatcher. Did they think we’d forget? Did they think people would react with a cheery “Bygones!”?
Maybe they’re imagining the response when their own deaths are announced?
And the media bobbleheads seem shocked at the ill manners of their lessers. It’s actually quite amusing — and worth marking. I can’t remember the last time the death of a Western leader was so openly celebrated. It must make the muckety mucks just a little bit nervous, if only for a moment.
Look at the signs people are carrying: “Gotcha! Now get the rest.”
i’m not happy when any human being dies. i feel bad for her family and hope that she didn’t suffer too much.
but that doesn’t mean i have to pretend i liked what she did as a politician. and amidst all the remembrances, i don’t understand why we can’t talk about the bad as well as the good. it should be a remembrance, not a propaganda campaign.
it’s weird to see how many people aren’t able to make that distinction.
She was a public figure and we should absolutely discuss the bad (was there any good with her?). Oh yeah – she was against smoking…until she started working for Philip Morris.
Anyway Glen Greenwald talks about this very eloquently as usual in his Guardian column.
Link for Greenwald post on Thatcher:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/08/margaret-thatcher-death-etiquette
Main link for Greenwald at The Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/series/glenn-greenwald-security-liberty