i am accepting that i am not entirely rational on this subject. she affects me in a very negative way but i am quite confident that she had an equally strong - positive-effect on others that is also not entirely rational. she did have a way of exciting positive and negative emotions in many people. 'brain-dead, jingoistic bigots' - i would say is -maybe- a slight exaggeration of the way some folk reacted in the excitement of that time -and maybe some people have never calmed down.
democracy? of course. i just wish we could have a more reasonable choice, when the world is being destroyed by an aggressive, rampant capitalism we need to be able to have a way of changing this that is more meaningful than choosing between the identikit politicians we have now -operating on a very narrow political plane and all enthralled by the mythical benefits (beyond the 1%)of big business and perpetual growth. there is a class war raging and only one side fighting it - capitalism has not the slightest interest in democracy. we may cherish it, but it is a useless protection of what is left of our rights in the current climate. (this topic is about the uk -though i am well aware that the effects of global capitalism have been far worse, devastating- in many parts of the world)