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BlueStreak

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4. Exactly. I'd gladly let Thatcher and Reagan rest in peace, if only

Reply to cthulu2016 (Original post)

Tue Apr 9, 2013, 02:56 PM

Apr 2013

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the right wingers didn't use the occasion of their deaths as an opportunity to promote their own sick agenda, which in many cases neither Reagan nor Thatcher would have supported anyway.

This is not dancing on graves. It is simply pushing back against those who want to erect a giant grandstand on their graves.

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I do not care whether Thatcher is alive or dead [View all] cthulu2016 Apr 2013 OP

Thatcher's death....... rdharma Apr 2013 #1

Just about every Brit I know hated her guts! Walk away Apr 2013 #3

I knew her name and that was about it until yesterday. Comrade_McKenzie Apr 2013 #2

Exactly. I'd gladly let Thatcher and Reagan rest in peace, if only BlueStreak Apr 2013 #4

How true, BlueStreak! nt rdharma Apr 2013 #5

She will be receiving a "State Funeral" and many Brits not pleased...n/t monmouth3 Apr 2013 #6

I don't understand that objection BlueStreak Apr 2013 #7

Because in the minds of some people only the ones they agreed with Arkana Apr 2013 #8