Margret Thatcher's 19 Most Badass Moments

[cbayer]

Love her or hate her, she was, indeed, a very powerful force.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/margret-thatchers-19-most-badass-moments
posted on April 8, 2013 at 1:09pm EDT
Benny Johnson
BuzzFeed Staff

19. When she rode on a tank near Communist-controlled East Germany.



Via: giffingthenews.tumblr.com

18. When she was elected to Parliament in 1959. The body was only 4% women at the time.


more at link

[Arugula Latte]

1. I like this badass moment from Britain:

[tosh]

13. Yep, this one is the best.

[sibelian]

2. You missed the bit where one of her progeny burst out of John Hurt's stomach.

Ceramic blades for the autopsy, one would hope...

[GCP]

3. Oh, puleeze

Stop venerating the bitch.

[msanthrope]

23. Kindly refrain from using the sexist word in your comment? Surely there are many other appellations

that fit Thatcher?

[truebrit71]

4. I think her most badass moment was siding with Pinochet...

...or closing the mines, or killing the car industry....oh fuck...I don't know which one she was her most badass moment...

Glad she's dead.

[Dawson Leery]

5. Remember the VAT tax she instated?

VAT is the most regressive tax around.

[dipsydoodle]

10. She what ?

Got any more fairy stories ?

[backscatter712]

6. They should drive a wooden stake through her heart,cut off her head and stuff garlic in her mouth.nt

[Arugula Latte]

7. That's not cool...It's a shame to waste good food like garlic.

[Cirque du So-What]

8. Oh, yeah, the poll tax and ensuing riots

Were those also 'badass?' Sorry, but if I want to see 'badass,' I'll look up the honey badger.

[treestar]

9. One thing I learned from paging through that and reading some of the links

She cut milk subsidies for schoolchildren.

[dipsydoodle]

11. Hence reply #1

although that would've lost on most here.

[Arugula Latte]

14. And she was a friend of Pinochet while calling Nelson Mandela a terrorist.

That about sums her up, I think.

[name not needed]

20. Well, they both loved fucking miners.

[2ndAmForComputers]

22. You win the Internet.

[msanthrope]

24. I shouldn't laugh at that one. But I did, 'til I had to pee. nt

[Rex]

16. Is that why you posted this? Because no one loved her?

As is apparent. You are trying for the 'balanced & fair' angle?

[cbayer]

18. I liked it and thought much of it was tongue in cheek.

I'm no fan of Margaret Thatcher, if that's what you are trying to not so subtly imply.

[Rex]

19. Thanks, I had no idea what the point was.

Nothing wrong with finding a persons good points, just was wondering what the point of the thread was is all.

[2ndAmForComputers]

17. Why am I not surprised?

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

21. 20. Befriending murderous Chilean military dictators and helping them evade international justice

Pinochet's regime was responsible for various human rights abuses during its reign including murder and torture of political opponents. According to a government commission report that included testimony from more than 30,000 people, Pinochet's government killed at least 3,197 people and tortured about 29,000. Two-thirds of the cases listed in the report happened in 1973.[96]

Professor Clive Foss, in The Tyrants: 2500 Years of Absolute Power and Corruption (Quercus Publishing 2006), estimates that 1,500–2,000 Chileans were killed or disappeared during the Pinochet regime. In October 1979, the New York Times reported that Amnesty International had documented the disappearance of approximately 1,500 Chileans since 1973
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Pinochet

Since stepping down from power in 1990, Pinochet was an annual visitor to Thatcher’s home in London. The BBC reported the former dictator would always send flowers and chocolates to the “Iron Lady” upon his arrival in Britain.

When Pinochet was arrested in London in October 1998, Thatcher was an outspoken supporter of the former dictator, who was being indicted for numerous human rights violations. She campaigned for Pinochet’s release, calling his detention “callous and unjust.”

http://www.santiagotimes.cl/world/chile-abroad/25980-margaret-thatcher-staunch-pinochet-supporter-and-friend-dies

So, yeah, fuck her.