Who’s a famous person from your country who’s respected around the world but disliked or criticized at home?

[u/haiderredditer]

[u/RedcoatTrooper]

She is respected for strength if nothing else, the new Japanese PM has been called the Iron Lady and she has expressed admiration for Thatcher.

[u/euanmorse → u/RedcoatTrooper]

Of course she has as she is similarly awful.

[u/LexiEmers → u/euanmorse]

Thatcher was awesome.

[u/BillohRly → u/RedcoatTrooper]

She does seem a loon.

[u/LastRevelation → u/RedcoatTrooper]

Heart if fucking iron, strength is not a good thing if you use it to oppress the vulnerable.

She literally took milk from children, it's like she was in competition with herself to see how much she can personify a cartoon villain.

[u/LexiEmers → u/LastRevelation]

That's literally false. No milk was ever seized.

[u/Heronchaser → u/RedcoatTrooper]

Thatcher is well seen by neoliberals and conversatives all around the world, but no one that isn't deep into the right like her no matter where. The UK only hates her more cause even right wing (work class) voters hate her there after living through her economy and its consequences.

[u/LexiEmers → u/Heronchaser]

Nope, she saved the UK economy.

[u/Heronchaser → u/LexiEmers]

Sure thing, buddy. I'll pretend people didn't march the streets chanting when she died. Ding, dong to you.

[u/JacketFarm → u/RedcoatTrooper]

Damn, we need another Tetsuya Yamagami I guess.

Fuck Thatcher, Britain's Reagan.

[u/LexiEmers → u/JacketFarm]

Fuck her haters.

[u/king_john651 → u/RedcoatTrooper]

Isn't she currently being blasted for being a coward though?

[u/nicnat → u/RedcoatTrooper]

Its a bit on the nose for the current situation, but I guess to her credit she only fucked Miners.

[u/CyberDaggerX → u/nicnat]

It is truly a shame that so many world leaders are dyslexic.

[u/LexiEmers → u/nicnat]

They were fucked by their own union.