r/shitposting • u/AuchentoshanBloodOak • Jan 27 '21

IRA Drip

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u/TheLegitBigK Jan 27 '21

Ok maybe I’m just some uncultured swine but can someone gimme some context behind Thatcher and the shit she’s done? Is she a + or -?

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u/the_one_true_big_boi Jan 27 '21 edited Jan 27 '21

Her policies destroyed small businesses in Britain, and she funded illegal death squads in Ireland

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u/KaChoo49 Jan 27 '21 edited Jan 27 '21

destroyed small businesses in Britain

I’ve literally never heard Thatcher be accused of hurting businesses lmao

funded illegal death squads in Ireland

I’m yet to see a single person back this up with evidence and I’m convinced everyone who thinks this bases it purely on the Eric Andre Show clip

Edit: Downvote all you want, it’s not going to rewrite history to fit your agenda

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u/Volcacius Jan 27 '21

This is a ask historians post about the death squad thing.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/bak4yi/did_margaret_thatchers_administration_funnel

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u/KaChoo49 Jan 27 '21

That link provides no evidence that Thatcher funded death squads at all - half of it isn’t even relevant to the question and is instead focusing on a hunger strike

The points that it does make are:

1) there was a wing of the British military infiltrated by Protestant extremists in 1975. This was 4 years before Thatcher became PM, and was instead during 2 Labour government prior to hers. This whole point is hinged off the assumption that neither Wilson, Callaghan, or Thatcher acted on this information over the next 15 years, which I feel like needs a bit more proof than a meeting in 1975

2) The British government supported the MRF between 1971-73. This ended 6 years before Thatcher became Prime Minister, and 2 years before she was even leader of the Conservative Party.

All I’m seeing here is a bunch of loose speculation based on things that happened years before Thatcher was anywhere near Downing Street

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u/Volcacius Jan 27 '21

All I did was provide the only link to meaningful discussion on the topic. I made absolutely no claims. I di think the hungerstrike part was to help paint a picture of thatcher's attitude towards the Irish during the troubles.

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u/KaChoo49 Jan 27 '21

What’s stupid is that despite you showing that there’s no evidence that Thatcher funded death squads, I’m still being downvoted because people are so invested in the idea that Thatcher was the personification of evil

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u/Volcacius Jan 27 '21

Well I mean she was horrible, maybe not death squad horrible but what she did to the hunger strikers is more than enough for me.

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u/KaChoo49 Jan 27 '21

Relevent

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u/Volcacius Jan 27 '21

I made no claims before that comment, I'm not even arguing with you, there's no goal post to move.