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  • anyone denouncing her for being "thick" or "lesser" is unconsciously/consciously playing into the same tropes dianne abbott gets but from a different trajectory.

    To be fair, I know several people who worked with her in the past and all seem to agree that shes lacking in various forms of intelligence. I agree its disingenuous to describe her as "thick", but she's not somebody who understands something the first time its explained to her...lets put it like that.

    She's a good blagger who shouts and bullies to impose her authority. Some people see that as intelligence and success. See Trump's supporters.

  • my interactions with politicians are parasocial, which i assume most peoples are, so i cant comment on what its like to work with her (bad, i assume with all the claims coming out), but i think its best left alone as ultimately its unimportant? everyone's bad at their job, some jobs are more important than others, but that doesn't stop one failing upwards, for what is important in the biggest jobs is not our competency at preforming the labour.

    I agree with your other comment on moving away from this idea of calling/ viewing things as stupid not stupid, as well as being a bias laden minefield as is being discussed, it's also awfully technocratic

  • (…) viewing things as stupid not stupid (…) awfully technocratic

    With due respect to users who take issue with the term and it’s popular use, I think aspiring to a national leadership that is ‘not stupid’ isn’t so much a technocratic inclination as it is a valid, healthy social goal.

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