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23 Nov, 4 tweets, 1 min read

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1330956838389551105

it really wasn't sympathetic, like at all?

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1330956838389551105

She was portrayed as cruel; immune to information her policies were gutting the country; wag-the-dog warmonger; impervious to feminist insights about power; a terrible mother; priggish; self-satisfied; unable to see past her own (verion of her) biography...

and, if we had any doubts, the soundtrack was full of songs like "Stand Down Margaret," which is a concise evisceration of her regime.

She didn't want to hunt, and found the Windsors foppish, so there's that...

Anyway, i could maybe get behind "nuanced" but this was an accurate portrayal of Thatcher as the time could allot for but "sympathetic" is impossible, because a person who doesn't believe in society isn't deserving of sympathy.

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Cancel
holiday
travel &
indoor gatherings
for
the
love
of
God
and
your
family
and
community

Any version of "but I want the grandparents to meet the baby" or "but I haven't seen my parents in so long" or "this is the one time my whole family meets up" will seem like the world's worst decision when you're saying goodby via Facetime or attending a Zoom funeral.

And to all you people who are being responsible, especially if family members are pushing back on or mocking you, thank you.

Many of them will eventually thank you too.

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