Quote Originally Posted by PanzerJaeger View Post
I've always wondered from where the visceral hatred of Thatcher comes. I'm certainly no expert on British politics, but from what I've read, it seems like she took a lot of painful, yet necessary steps to bring the British economy into competitiveness, not to mention reasserting British standing on the world stage by not backing down to the Argentineans. As I understand it, a lot of people in non-competitive industry lost their jobs; but without government subsidy, things were headed that way anyway. Considering the seemingly universal hatred aimed at her, who supported her? Oddly enough, across the pond she is quite admired as a sort of British Ronald Reagan.
Think of how many and what types of people hate Regan. Hate isn't rational.