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PleaseNotPoll said:
It's not feminism to think that it's great to have a woman as Prime Minister.
It's feminism to think that it's normal to have a woman as Prime Minister.
Gender shouldn't be a factor.

Thatcher and May make quite a case to against it though, unfortunately! <laugh>
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The noticeable thing with these two is the lack of compassion or empathy for groups in society who have suffered as a direct result of their policies. They both seem to lack the natural socialist (in a non- political sense) tendencies that most women seem to have. At present there are so many negative effects on families and children because of austerity measures. Such tough politics doesn't seem to pull on the heart strings of a woman PM. That doesn't sound like a triumph for feminism.
 
littleDinosaurLuke said:
The noticeable thing with these two is the lack of compassion or empathy for groups in society who have suffered as a direct result of their policies. They both seem to lack the natural socialist (in a non- political sense) tendencies that most women seem to have. At present there are so many negative effects on families and children because of austerity measures. Such tough politics doesn't seem to pull on the heart strings of a woman PM. That doesn't sound like a triumph for feminism.
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Another way to look at it is, like Katie Hopkins, they use their feminine exterior as a mask for the standard Tory male hiding underneath (see also: Amber Rudd, Andrea Leadsome, Louise Mensch)
 
humanbeingincroydon said:
You know those occasions where you have to double check a headline to make sure it's not from The Onion? This is one of those occasions: ...
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The right-wing news organization is calling for a boycott on Kellogg’s products after company says Breitbart is not ‘aligned with our values’
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I assume Breitbart are stating that Kelloggs put far too much sugar than necessary
in their products, and Kelloggs ain't having anyone damaging their obesity addiction "values" .
 
The RDBD said:
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The right-wing news organization is calling for a boycott on Kellogg’s products after company says Breitbart is not ‘aligned with our values’
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I assume Breitbart are stating that Kelloggs put far too much sugar than necessary
in their products, and Kelloggs ain't having anyone damaging their obesity addiction "values" .
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Kelloggs are annoyed that someone else is filling people full of ****.
Breitbart don't like cornflakes, as they're not white.
They also like big orange pillocks with ridiculous hair, so they're going with Sugar Puffs.
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PleaseNotPoll said:
This is dangerous ****.
They obviously haven't learned anything from Jo Cox's death.
Or maybe they have?
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Considering how every other paper had Thomas Mair's conviction on the front page, while the Mail buried it on page thirty, they obviously haven't.

Then again, the front page of yesterday's Mail had a tribute to a Jewish refugee who immigrated to the UK from Germany in 1938 - yet when Andrew Sachs arrived in this country, this is the welcome the Mail gave him...

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humanbeingincroydon said:
A memo warning government ministers to not leak memos...has been leaked.

If ever a sentence sums up Theresa may's premiership, that would have to be it.
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Meanwhile, Trump rants about China on Twitter, summing up his own Presidency before it's even started.
 
Pitiful stuff in the Mail today, as they are throwing a monumental tantrum at the news that Norbert Hofer of the Freedom Party of Austria lost the presidential election to Alexander Van der Bellen, who stood as an independent but is also a member of the Austiran Green Party.

First of all, there's a couple of important details about the FPoA that people should know: it's first leader was Anton Reinthaller, who prior to this served as Minister of Agriculture between 1939 and 1945 (and as I'm sure you are all aware, between 1939 and 1945 Austria was governed by a certain German political party) and was also appointed as a Major General in the SS, while the party's second leader was Friedrich Peter, a former SS soldier whose unit mainly served as a paramilitary death squad who executed Jews behind the front line. Keeping this in mind, there have been numerous occasions where Hofer has used Nazi iconography and terminology, and has regularly consorted with people who believe in the Greater Germany ideal, i.e. that Austria is not a sovereign nation but a part of the German empire.

What makes the Mail's teeth-gnashing more worrying, other than their supporting a party which literally has ties to the Third Reich, is how they try to frame Hofer as an Austrian Nigel Farage, and how Hofer winning would have been another body blow to the EU, which the Mail would no doubt have dubbed "Auxit" given their inability to understand how portmanteaus work - yet this couldn't be further from the truth if they tried, as Hofer had stated several times he wanted Austria to remain in the EU, as he knew full well that taking Austria out of the EU would **** the country up beyond repair.

Another thing spewing from the cloaca that is the Mail is how there are "lefties" who are "gloating" about the result, as if only people on the left who would have reason to celebrate a party that models itself on the party responsible for the Holocaust and Second World War, which is as far wide of the mark as the implication that "lefties" are the only ones who gloat about election wins - something that anyone with a brain is fully aware is complete bollocks, based on the words and actions of those on the right following the EU Referendum and US Presidential Election results.

As for why the Mail would be so in favour of a far-right party, here's a reminder of who their founder was a supporter of...

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humanbeingincroydon said:
Pitiful stuff in the Mail today, as they are throwing a monumental tantrum at the news that Norbert Hofer of the Freedom Party of Austria lost the presidential election to Alexander Van der Bellen, who stood as an independent but is also a member of the Austiran Green Party. ...
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Cursory reports I have seen (BBC etc) are stating that when the next parliamentary elections
come, the Freedom party may well win up to a third of the seats ...
 
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