The Telling Error
“By all means, said Saint Paula, criticise Thatcher’s harsh treatment of the unions if you wish, and her war-mongering in the Falklands (sic), but don’t call her a witch, because that language is sexist and debasing of women. I was amused to learn that this was Saint Paula’s opinion, in the light of something she’d tweeted to her 68,000 Twitter followers on 8 April, the day Baroness Maggie died. After reading her blog post that railed against the use of witchy imagery in connection with the unfa...irer sex, even if they happen to be one’s political opponents, I trawled back through Saint Paula’s tweets to see if she’d deleted the one that revealed her true feelings on the matter. These, I think, can be summarised neatly: ‘It’s wrong to compare women to witches, unless I do it, in which case it’s OK.’ Here’s what Saint Paula tweeted on 8 April: Paula Riddiough @politixpaula Finally, room on the broom! For strong but compassionate women in politics. Never celebrate death.MoreLess
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