Hysterical Hatred and the Halls of History

Hysterical Hatred and the Halls of History | Michael Coren | Catholic World Report

Both are plain to see and ever with us, but only one has lessons worth learning.

I write this column while looking out onto Westminster Bridge, Britain’s Houses of Parliament, and a London still pulsating with news of the death of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Pulsating indeed, because she changed the beat, the rhythm, and the pace of this country, and fundamentally and irreversibly transformed the nature and style of the United Kingdom. As such, she is revered as well as reviled, and that polarization extends to the Catholic reaction to her passing. There are Catholics here in Britain who believe she was one of the last political leaders to properly appreciate the link between Europe, democracy, and Christianity. Others, especially in Ulster and northern England, can barely contain their anger at a woman they believe destroyed their way of life.

The truth about Margaret Thatcher reflects a greater truth about how the world approaches history, facts, and downright hysteria and propaganda, and reflects directly to the Church and how it is treated in the popular imagination

Much, if not most, of what Mrs. Thatcher has been accused of is pure fantasy, and the reaction to that campaign of disinformation has been downright obscene: street parties celebrating her death; the singing of “Ding dong the witch is dead” (with “b” replacing “w”); the public announcement that people will urinate on her grave. Many of these malicious idiots weren’t even born when she was in office, and those who were have little to complain about, if truth be told. But it is the extent and excess that is so repugnant. There are numerous politicians whom I loathe, but not one whose death would lead me to rejoice.

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Comments

[Ed Peters]

The malicious but ultimately impotent venom being heaped on Thatcher can only bubble up from one uber-horrid place.

[R Davis]

Britain was broke & seriously in debt before Maggie Thatcher.
Maggie Thatcher was handed the poison chalice - the men were gutless.
Maggie Thatcher was the iron lady only because she was supported by the rest of her group.
AND CERTAINLY NOT BECAUSE SHE HAD THE CONVICTION & COURAGE WITHIN HERSELF.
Today, Britain is broke & seriously in debt.
Only that they do not own their own industry any more -
It was given over, to pay the debts of the extravagant life styles & GAMBLING NO LESS of the likes of Madam Thatcher.
THE BRITISH JOUR DE VIVRE .