They were brilliant, but evil. I am jewish and I have family that were put into Hitlers camps and some killed. She called them brilliant she didn't condone what they did. You chose to add your own connotations to the word 'brilliant'.
She seems to not understand the word "feminist". According to Oxbridge Dictionary; Adj. 1. feminist - of or relating to or advocating equal rights for women
Adj. 1. feminist - of or relating to or advocating equal rights for women