Misogyny against Liz Truss

I think this is really interesting, and helps identify what is wrong with so many of the Tories that come from privileged backgrounds. (I would need to think a bit to see if the same can be levelled at those from working class backgrounds who go into politics.)

I don't think of these people as thick, so much. Just intellectually lazy and lacking in the creativity and empathy needed to do the job they're in with any degree of lasting, positive impact.

She’s practically Philomena Cunk

Thanks for giving me a laugh!!

I get that some people disagree that there's misogyny. It's not as clear cut as it was back in the 'Ditch the bitch' era. But I'm interested that some posters do think it's going on but who then follow it up with a 'but....' or who say they feel conflicted. Calling it out if you see it doesn't turn you into a Truss supporter so what's the conflict?

This 😂

Sorry, I was confused. The view of some on this thread seemed to be that Vote for Truss should not be criticised because she is a woman.

She is spectacularly stupid. I don’t give a fuck what university she went to, she’s obviously been educated beyond her intelligence.

My XH has a first from Oxford and he is thick in all the ways that actually matter in life. Bigoted, low EQ, zero common sense and an inability to quickly grasp new concepts. He is a very good lawyer and so will maintain his job for life but literally cannot grasp attention to detail on things that aren’t contracts. Just because someone went to Oxbridge doesn’t make them “intelligent”. This is a man who can’t remember three item shopping lists, where to put the sugar back, or how to calculate the cost of 2 cleaners for 90 mins.

I think the problem is that she's a total lunatic. Not sure misogyny has much to do with it.

Ny view on her has changed, from first debate to R4 interview

She answered directly and clearly, it made me rethink a bit. Plus she was one of the few who could deal with their insane interrupting with a I haven’t finished

Am I allowed to attack the policy of apeing someone who until a few years ago was the most destructive PM the country has had?

Sorry but no.

This has nothing to do with misogyny. It is simply stating the obvious. Same with Nadine Dorries or anyone else associated with the Johnson government, male or female. They are simply incompetent, lying, self-serving waste of space. And yes incredibly thick...

Our current politicians are simply appalling and have been slowly but surely destroying our quality of life and the reputation of the country.

I heard her on the Today Programme and rather liked her

I wonder if part of the problem is that she comes across as agreeable?

If you say and do stupid things people will call you thick. She appears to be incompetent and stupid but there is probably a misogynistic element as Johnson wasn't the sharpest tool in the box but he's a man who talks posh and waffles nonsense about Greeks and loads of people thought he was some sort of genius.
The cosplaying Thatcher deserves all the ridicule it gets.
She appears to me to be a genuinely awful person. Sunak similarly.

A degree in PPE doesn't make you able to send a rocket into space, or do fiendishly hard sums, or be a quantum physicist, not it appears a decent politician. It measures intelligence in a very narrow, very specific, academic way. Doesn't mean you can't be all shades of thick in every other sphere of life. It's very academically competitive as it is very popular.

Liz Truss think drones are scared of dogs. Thick as mince.

Oxford PPE, otherwise known as the bullshitters degree?

We should have a 50 year ban on Etonians and PPE graduates being in public office.

Yeah, ok

Nobody commented that Kemi was thick. Liz is criticised because she comes across as spectacularly stupid.

She'll make a useful idiot for the real people in charge as she changes her beliefs to whatever will help her get ahead. She'll be used, chewed up and spat out within a year.

It’s awful.

I don't think Rishi or Bozo are particularly intelligent and I think Dominic Raab is actually thick just like Liz. So nothing to do with sex. An average person can get into Oxbridge if they have the correct schooling/coaching. Eton/Winchester/whatever. Doesn't mean they're any cleverer than me.

@Petrolordiesel could she handle her briefs?
What do her civil servants think?