Sat Jun 25, 2016, 03:36 PM

auntpurl (4,311 posts)

ONE LAST TIME: Brexit, for the VAST MAJORITY of Leave voters, was about xenophobia

For all of you who don't LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY, have no idea what it's like, and think most Leave voters are deep progressive thinkers who are making a statement about EU interference, trade, economic policy, or even their own jobs and futures, I cannot argue anymore, so I will let these examples speak for me:

Newcastle town center, today. Not in 1980. TODAY.

Many many many many many many many examples of pure racism and xenophobia from social media. These are just a few.

And for sheer stupidity, these comments on a Daily Mail article about how Brexit will affect your holiday money, mortgages, passports, health cover, etc:

Anne, East Midlands: Never saw any of this kind of informative article before the vote, just scaremongering! We wanted everything spelt out exactly like this so we knew the pros and cons......to [sic] late now publishing this!

Libby88, Cheshire: Why were things not outlined this clearly BEFORE we had to vote..

allygbxl: I would never have voted leave had I know [sic] all of this. Why weren't we told?

Victor, Leeds: So the Remain campaign were telling the truth.

MAYBE STOP GETTING ALL YOUR NEWS FROM THE DAILY FUCKING MAIL.

Actual Nazi propaganda film image on left, Nigel Farage today on right:

Racism on rise in UK after Brexit campaign, Labor warns:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-25/racism-on-rise-in-u-k-after-brexit-campaign-labour-warns

Communities are “divided and bruised” after Britain’s vote to leave the European Union and racism is on the rise, a senior Labour lawmaker warned.

Schoolchildren were racially abused in a west London district this week and many in her constituency feel “vulnerable” after the Brexit referendum, Seema Malhotra, one of the main opposition party’s team of Treasury spokespeople said at an event in the capital on Saturday.

“Someone shouted: ‘Why are there only 10 white faces in this class? Why aren’t we educating the English?’” she said, citing a letter from a teacher in her electoral district about an incident on Wednesday. “Another went close up to the children and said: ‘You lot are taking all our jobs. You’re the problem. You’re taking our jobs, you’re taking our land.”’

Malhotra represents the district of Feltham and Heston in the London borough of Hounslow, which voted by 51.1% to remain in the EU. She said the teacher hadn’t heard a comment like it “in three years.” Children age six were “crying and saying they would have to leave this country,” she said.

Vote Leave, the official group that backed Brexit, explicitly targeted concerns over immigration in the referendum campaign that saw Britain vote to quit the 28-nation bloc. Boris Johnson, their leading spokesman and the favorite to succeed David Cameron as prime minister, began backing away from that message the morning after the vote.

Reports of "No more Polish vermin" signs left outside primary schools in Huntingdon:
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/reports-of-no-more-polish-vermin-signs-distributed-in-huntingdon/story-29443411-detail/story.html

Leave voter admits he voted to "stop Muslims coming into the UK" (video at link):
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/eu-referendum-muslims_uk_576e558ce4b08d2c563937ff

Hope that helps clarify things.

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ONE LAST TIME: Brexit, for the VAST MAJORITY of Leave voters, was about xenophobia (Original post)	auntpurl	Jun 2016	OP
Not much doubt in my mind. There are plenty of folks like that in USA.	Hoyt	Jun 2016	#1
Plenty of folks like that in every country on Earth. n/t	cigsandcoffee	Jun 2016	#5
And this is why we don't put complicated economic policy up for a general population referendum	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#10
Your post doesn't prove your point. I see four nutter Brits with a banner and cherry-picked images.	leveymg	Jun 2016	#70
Ok.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#74
If you want to get really granular, FDI from the EU did not stop the loss of real income	leveymg	Jun 2016	#79
+100	AntiBank	Jun 2016	#93
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Jun 2016	#174
What?????!!!! Are you serious????!!!!! nt	clarice	Jun 2016	#200
...about?	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#201
That issues of this sort involving National issues should not be left up to the electorate??? nt	clarice	Jun 2016	#203
Uh, no, I'm not kidding.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#207
ummmm. So If this issue is "beyond the scope" of the average British voter...	clarice	Jun 2016	#210
Most millenials voted against it. The angry old people voted in favor.	MADem	Jun 2016	#2
There was a very clear correlation with education level as well nt	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#53
Yes, indeed.	MADem	Jun 2016	#141
How elitist is that???? I'm glad that I don't live in your world... shameful.nt	clarice	Jun 2016	#206
Unfortunately the young voters didn't come out	kiva	Jun 2016	#139
I think that no one actually thought this thing would pass.	MADem	Jun 2016	#140
On Twitter last night: "Boris Johnson sacrificed a million jobs to get one". nt	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#164
That's it, in a nutshell. nt	MADem	Jun 2016	#217
With all respect "Angry Old people".....really? nt	clarice	Jun 2016	#204
Yes, really--read the coverage, that IS how the vote broke down.	MADem	Jun 2016	#216
This just blows my mind:	sufrommich	Jun 2016	#3
Charming, isn't it.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#59
Then, he has no one to blame...	ReRe	Jun 2016	#86
Here's the link, just in case anyone wanted to see it.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#172
Thanks, auntpurl	ReRe	Jun 2016	#173
He was on the REMAIN crew, too...!	MADem	Jun 2016	#219
Seems to me that one could appear to prove almost anything by merely presenting anecdotes.	jonno99	Jun 2016	#4
I don't have to prove anything to you.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#7
That doesn't really address the substance of the point made.	JonLeibowitz	Jun 2016	#11
Oh, sorry, did you not think my answer was substantive enough?	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#16
I'm simply commenting on your lack of refutation. My feelings don't enter into the matter	JonLeibowitz	Jun 2016	#18
And here you are, still commenting.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#20
So hostile	melman	Jun 2016	#31
Do you think so?	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#37
Without a doubt.	DisgustipatedinCA	Jun 2016	#138
Yes.	840high	Jun 2016	#108
Hostile and condescending. n/t	cherokeeprogressive	Jun 2016	#132
I know. How dare someone living in the UK tell Americans what the campaign was about!	Violet_Crumble	Jun 2016	#150
Thank you.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#154
+ 100000000	TubbersUK	Jun 2016	#177
Yeah. We need to learn our place.	Denzil_DC	Jun 2016	#180
I wish I could rec a post	NastyRiffraff	Jun 2016	#209
+1000 n/t	JustAnotherGen	Jun 2016	#227
Please stop refuting the "Pitchfork and Torches brigade" theories..facts and realities upset them.nt	pkdu	Jun 2016	#153
Yet 52% of the UK disagrees with you.	modem77	Jun 2016	#233
Well said. There were many reasons, and that was certainly one of them, but it was far from the main	OnDoutside	Jun 2016	#8
I LIVE here. Why would you think I was making this up?	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#14
Post removed	Post removed	Jun 2016	#25
Refugees do not get jobs or housing ahead of British citizens	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#28
probably, but it is human nature, and some are more radical than others	swhisper1	Jun 2016	#32
See OP.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#39
From the Guardian	Jim Beard	Jun 2016	#131
And?	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#152
The point	Jim Beard	Jun 2016	#247
Sorry, I totally disagree.	Hoyt	Jun 2016	#38
So how do you feel about undocumented workers in the US, (economic refugees) or	Agnosticsherbet	Jun 2016	#72
if they entered legally, its fine	swhisper1	Jun 2016	#88
+10	840high	Jun 2016	#109
No, I'm sure that's happening but I wouldn't tar all English people with that brush, just as I	OnDoutside	Jun 2016	#107
I have friends in London	840high	Jun 2016	#110
Yes, I was really surprised with my friends as they were both well educated and well travelled	OnDoutside	Jun 2016	#115
no, I think you really believe it, but it rings hollow to us,brexit isnt a one issue conflict	larkrake	Jun 2016	#170
agreed	swhisper1	Jun 2016	#23
I've lived here 25 years	PaulaFarrell	Jun 2016	#230
Maybe it's just you ? ;)	OnDoutside	Jun 2016	#238
no they like me	PaulaFarrell	Jun 2016	#239
This message was self-deleted by its author	rjsquirrel	Jun 2016	#6
More innuendo about the American left. Sigh.	JonLeibowitz	Jun 2016	#13
This message was self-deleted by its author	rjsquirrel	Jun 2016	#15
Oh, isn't it? I am more than convinced. The poster stated fact, not innuendo.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#17
The post was deliciously fact-free.	JonLeibowitz	Jun 2016	#19
You are wasting your time.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#21
cherry picked photos do not reflect the feelings of the majority	swhisper1	Jun 2016	#27
This message was self-deleted by its author	rjsquirrel	Jun 2016	#43
Ha ha, you replied to me. We're on the same side. :)	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#44
This message was self-deleted by its author	rjsquirrel	Jun 2016	#66
In all seriousness	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#67
It is so discouraging	mcar	Jun 2016	#123
It is unbelievable!	NastyRiffraff	Jun 2016	#211
A weird thing is happening on the far left, I fear.	MADem	Jun 2016	#220
The far right has "they terk er jerbs"	NuclearDem	Jun 2016	#47
it is very old	swhisper1	Jun 2016	#33
You're right, it's tired and was never very convincing.	Marr	Jun 2016	#50
+:10 n/t	whathehell	Jun 2016	#128
Nah, more like the left is against free trade because many of them are economically illiterate	YoungDemCA	Jun 2016	#143
It's built right into our system and displayed everyday. nt	fleabiscuit	Jun 2016	#122
Exactly.	Hoyt	Jun 2016	#40
k and r	niyad	Jun 2016	#9
Massive K & R. Thanks for posting. So spot on.	Surya Gayatri	Jun 2016	#12
Xenophobia and racism are the dark side of populism.	Straw Man	Jun 2016	#22
Good post.	YoungDemCA	Jun 2016	#146
Thank you. nt	Straw Man	Jun 2016	#149
True. And the U.K. has much less immigration than Ireland which is content with EU	pampango	Jun 2016	#24
David Cameron is an idiot, this should have never left committee.	Rex	Jun 2016	#26
He had to.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#30
I am sorry you have-had a Trump like idiot as PM.	Rex	Jun 2016	#35
He's not Trump-like	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#41
Hoisted by his own petard.	Rex	Jun 2016	#49
It would be brilliant if we had an opposition party to speak of	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#52
That shocks me, I've always thought of British Parliament as having better common sense	Rex	Jun 2016	#56
I have to say, from a distance, mind you, I've been less than impressed with him.	MADem	Jun 2016	#222
Post removed	Post removed	Jun 2016	#36
You're just shitposting now.	NuclearDem	Jun 2016	#42
Yes. So tiresome.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#46
Thanks, I appreciate it.	JonLeibowitz	Jun 2016	#48
I think it's too soon to say Cameron will be the most disgraced politician in UK history	Sen. Walter Sobchak	Jun 2016	#98
Ah. Yes. Well played.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#99
When Boris is done he is probably going to end up in exile	Sen. Walter Sobchak	Jun 2016	#100
At this rate he'll be seen as the PM who destroyed the UK.	Odin2005	Jun 2016	#129
I don't doubt this for a minute.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Jun 2016	#29
Because as a member of the EU, we are required to take a certain number of migrants.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#34
Thanks. So they really were fearmongering, then.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Jun 2016	#51
Oh yes.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#55
That is far too simplistic an answer	alarimer	Jun 2016	#103
Thatcherism and the austerity measures of Britain and other EU countries	The Velveteen Ocelot	Jun 2016	#104
Thank you +100	840high	Jun 2016	#111
So you're saying they never had to compete with people who weren't like them before. nt	fleabiscuit	Jun 2016	#125
Well, at least here in the US, there was a concerted effort to pit people against one another	alarimer	Jun 2016	#213
thank you for reason, there is a hysteria trumpeted by corporate news	larkrake	Jun 2016	#171
Gladly recommended.	guillaumeb	Jun 2016	#45
Let us now take a moment to appreciate representative government	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#57
Agreed.	guillaumeb	Jun 2016	#60
You got me there.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#61
Non sequitur. They are still responsible for voting. And they face reelection. eom	fleabiscuit	Jun 2016	#126
I wouldn't worry too much, auntpurl.	roamer65	Jun 2016	#54
I do hope you are right.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#58
In a few months with the next Greek bailout and European banking crisis...	roamer65	Jun 2016	#68
Nope, it wasnt. The fact that a few xenophobic yahoos exists does not	jack_krass	Jun 2016	#62
Oh, a few?	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#64
No, but I travel there frequently, and have daily contact with many people there. I dont doubt	jack_krass	Jun 2016	#120
There are English people ON THIS VERY THREAD telling you you're wrong.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#151
Look, I dont doubt that the UK ultra right has attached itself to the "leave" movement.	jack_krass	Jun 2016	#178
Okey doke! nt	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#179
A few ?? Are you european or British ?	drray23	Jun 2016	#95
Medical research will be hard hit as well	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#101
So we're against democracy now?	runaway hero	Jun 2016	#63
Are we against putting complicated economic policy up for a general population referendum?	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#65
This is extremly unfair	runaway hero	Jun 2016	#69
It is unfair	CountAllVotes	Jun 2016	#71
The achievement gap is getting too big.	runaway hero	Jun 2016	#78
No, I'm talking about uneducated people (that is based on polling, not my opinion)	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#73
Of course they were	runaway hero	Jun 2016	#77
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Jun 2016	#175
Oh good, you're back.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#176
I think we need to set up a DU Group for all the Name Removeds	Denzil_DC	Jun 2016	#184
Such a shame; they probably had invaluable words of wisdom	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#186
They were FUCKING LIED TO	Stinky The Clown	Jun 2016	#75
ALL POLITICIANS LIE!!!	davidn3600	Jun 2016	#76
Serious question: Do YOU know what the lie was that was admitted to the morning after the vote?	Stinky The Clown	Jun 2016	#97
If "democracy" equals racist bullshit convincing the public to vote against their own interests	YoungDemCA	Jun 2016	#144
That's too bad then	runaway hero	Jun 2016	#182
LOL! Is the Third Way international now?? I guess we should have known, considering that they are	Number23	Jun 2016	#225
I gues you're going to tell me	runaway hero	Jun 2016	#236
Every bit as reasonable and informed as your post screaming about the Third Way as if it has	Number23	Jun 2016	#242
really?	runaway hero	Jun 2016	#243
This was absolutely about	youceyec	Jun 2016	#80
Probably. And in the meantime	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#82
It has started, Hate Crimes Spike	youceyec	Jun 2016	#240
High levels of immigration equal political instability	perdita9	Jun 2016	#81
Oh, rubbish.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#84
You think pro Nazi hate groups are rising for no reason?	perdita9	Jun 2016	#112
Again, rubbish	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#160
There doesn't seem to be any correlation	TubbersUK	Jun 2016	#105
There is a correlation, just a negative correlation.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#166
Ah, yes. Makes for an even stronger rebuttal - Thnx n/t	TubbersUK	Jun 2016	#167
Agreed.	840high	Jun 2016	#114
I approve of your statements!	Jim Beard	Jun 2016	#142
Thanks for introducing the same talking points that were pioneered by white supremacist groups	YoungDemCA	Jun 2016	#147
Really.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#158
I didn't understand any of it until	marlakay	Jun 2016	#83
Absolute lies from beginning to end.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#85
Oliver's Brexit episode was fucking brilliant!	Native	Jun 2016	#197
Absolutely!	ananda	Jun 2016	#87
This message was self-deleted by its author	AntiBank	Jun 2016	#89
to the degree it was about anti-Muslim xenophobia, you would think EU nations...	yurbud	Jun 2016	#90
As an ashamed English expat living in Colorado...	Gumboot	Jun 2016	#91
I'm so sorry.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#94
I was in the same boat. Never been more ashamed of my home country.	truebrit71	Jun 2016	#116
K&R nt	ProudProgressiveNow	Jun 2016	#92
The Brexit fools think "V for Vendetta" was a training manual.	Efilroft Sul	Jun 2016	#96
Excellent post, auntpurl.	greatauntoftriplets	Jun 2016	#102
This is awful n/t	DemonGoddess	Jun 2016	#106
The side by side pics of actual Nazi propaganda film and Nigel Farage standing in front of that bus	Rex	Jun 2016	#113
It is quite honestly, horrifying....	truebrit71	Jun 2016	#117
Yes , Victor, in Leeds: So the Remain campaign were telling the truth.	Person 2713	Jun 2016	#118
"So the Remain campaign were telling the truth" is going to be the tagline	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#155
This is some horrifying shit.	Odin2005	Jun 2016	#119
Your tutelage on this is invaluable	mcar	Jun 2016	#121
People don't like trade deals especially if they feel like it costs them jobs. I guarantee you	craigmatic	Jun 2016	#124
And with a population about as well informed and with the same kind of racist feelings. eom	fleabiscuit	Jun 2016	#127
No because racism doesn't explain it all. I'd vote against NAFTA not because I hate Canada or Mexico	craigmatic	Jun 2016	#130
What you're saying is that those factories were not dependent on location.	fleabiscuit	Jun 2016	#133
This is in the south (GA and AL) and it happened in 1990's. NAFTA still hurried the process along.	craigmatic	Jun 2016	#134
Well fellow global citizen, we have new challenges. Onward! eom	fleabiscuit	Jun 2016	#136
People don't like trade deals because they are economically illiterate racists	YoungDemCA	Jun 2016	#145
what??? are you insane??? this country is decimated and crippled by nafta	larkrake	Jun 2016	#169
People can not like free trade and still not be racist. Free trade is just a policy. Now once	craigmatic	Jun 2016	#181
Stop promoting neoliberalism/neoconservatism.	runaway hero	Jun 2016	#183
absolutely	larkrake	Jun 2016	#156
No, it's not about that	Lithos	Jun 2016	#135
You're right, it's that too.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#157
THANK YOU for your informative posts, Aunt Purl	Hekate	Jun 2016	#137
The people who voted to leave had been left alone to wither due to austerity.	applegrove	Jun 2016	#148
poo, it is not the only reason. Other countries want out too. Control of borders is vital to the	larkrake	Jun 2016	#159
Other countries have the same media demonisation of immigrants as the UK	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#162
so do we,it's the norm,so we have to look at why so many members want to leave	larkrake	Jun 2016	#168
That this had to be said is depressing.	joshcryer	Jun 2016	#161
And LOADS of other things too.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#163
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Jun 2016	#165
K&R	lupinella	Jun 2016	#185
Yes, let's call names, insult people, and paint with a broad brush.	OrwellwasRight	Jun 2016	#187
I don't blame them	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#190
And yet you still blame the "ignorant."	OrwellwasRight	Jun 2016	#193
Take another run at reading my post.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#194
And then you undid it all with yout last line	OrwellwasRight	Jun 2016	#195
Either you are being deliberately obtuse or you still don't understand what I said.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#196
Yes, yes, you'll let me have the last word	OrwellwasRight	Jun 2016	#198
Nah! Neo-liberals! 1%! Elites!	Adrahil	Jun 2016	#188
are you one of them?	runaway hero	Jun 2016	#244
A 1%er? I wish.	Adrahil	Jun 2016	#245
I like this	runaway hero	Jun 2016	#246
Britain and the West is fucked anyway......	JudasTheGrass	Jun 2016	#189
Why do you think that? n/t	Spazito	Jun 2016	#191
Welcome to DU. What do you mean?	uppityperson	Jun 2016	#199
Leave voters = Trump voters	Beacool	Jun 2016	#192
When all of the spin, rhetoric, and hand wringing are done.....	clarice	Jun 2016	#202
And now that I think about your OP.......	clarice	Jun 2016	#205
ok. nt	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#208
No...not ok.... please explain your reasoning.... you can't just....	clarice	Jun 2016	#212
ok. nt	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#214
You'll need to call out pretty much every UK DU member as well, then.	Denzil_DC	Jun 2016	#218
You might want to tell NPR how much you disapprove, too.	MADem	Jun 2016	#221
Rec'd	lib87	Jun 2016	#215
We are SO on the same page! I posted something extremely similar on this in the AA forum	Number23	Jun 2016	#223
+ 100000000000	TubbersUK	Jun 2016	#228
The greater arrogance	JustAnotherGen	Jun 2016	#229
We got somebody hollering about the Third Way in a thread about Brexit!	Number23	Jun 2016	#241
As one Brit guy so perfectly said, the main folks cheering this are Putin, Trump and ISIS	Number23	Jun 2016	#224
but, but, it doesn't fit the glen greenwald and others narrative	still_one	Jun 2016	#226
So if people don't support open borders then they are xenophobes and racists?	modem77	Jun 2016	#231
I just...can't anymore.	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#232
There's really no reason you should have to.	Denzil_DC	Jun 2016	#234
I think it might be time for a little DU break, until the US forgets about Brexit	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#235
I can completely understand that,	Denzil_DC	Jun 2016	#237

Response to auntpurl (Original post)

Sat Jun 25, 2016, 03:41 PM

Hoyt (54,770 posts)

ONE LAST TIME: Brexit, for the VAST MAJORITY of Leave voters, was about xenophobia

1. Not much doubt in my mind. There are plenty of folks like that in USA.

5. Plenty of folks like that in every country on Earth. n/t

10. And this is why we don't put complicated economic policy up for a general population referendum

70. Your post doesn't prove your point. I see four nutter Brits with a banner and cherry-picked images.

74. Ok.

79. If you want to get really granular, FDI from the EU did not stop the loss of real income

93. +100

200. What?????!!!! Are you serious????!!!!! nt

201. ...about?

203. That issues of this sort involving National issues should not be left up to the electorate??? nt

207. Uh, no, I'm not kidding.

210. ummmm. So If this issue is "beyond the scope" of the average British voter...

2. Most millenials voted against it. The angry old people voted in favor.

53. There was a very clear correlation with education level as well nt

141. Yes, indeed.

206. How elitist is that???? I'm glad that I don't live in your world... shameful.nt

139. Unfortunately the young voters didn't come out

140. I think that no one actually thought this thing would pass.

164. On Twitter last night: "Boris Johnson sacrificed a million jobs to get one". nt

217. That's it, in a nutshell. nt

204. With all respect "Angry Old people".....really? nt

216. Yes, really--read the coverage, that IS how the vote broke down.

3. This just blows my mind:

59. Charming, isn't it.

86. Then, he has no one to blame...

172. Here's the link, just in case anyone wanted to see it.

173. Thanks, auntpurl

219. He was on the REMAIN crew, too...!

4. Seems to me that one could appear to prove almost anything by merely presenting anecdotes.

7. I don't have to prove anything to you.

11. That doesn't really address the substance of the point made.

16. Oh, sorry, did you not think my answer was substantive enough?

18. I'm simply commenting on your lack of refutation. My feelings don't enter into the matter

20. And here you are, still commenting.

31. So hostile

37. Do you think so?

138. Without a doubt.

108. Yes.

132. Hostile and condescending. n/t

150. I know. How dare someone living in the UK tell Americans what the campaign was about!

154. Thank you.

177. + 100000000

180. Yeah. We need to learn our place.

209. I wish I could rec a post

227. +1000 n/t

153. Please stop refuting the "Pitchfork and Torches brigade" theories..facts and realities upset them.nt

233. Yet 52% of the UK disagrees with you.

8. Well said. There were many reasons, and that was certainly one of them, but it was far from the main

14. I LIVE here. Why would you think I was making this up?

28. Refugees do not get jobs or housing ahead of British citizens

32. probably, but it is human nature, and some are more radical than others

39. See OP.

131. From the Guardian

152. And?

247. The point

38. Sorry, I totally disagree.

72. So how do you feel about undocumented workers in the US, (economic refugees) or

88. if they entered legally, its fine

109. +10

107. No, I'm sure that's happening but I wouldn't tar all English people with that brush, just as I

110. I have friends in London

115. Yes, I was really surprised with my friends as they were both well educated and well travelled

170. no, I think you really believe it, but it rings hollow to us,brexit isnt a one issue conflict

23. agreed

230. I've lived here 25 years

238. Maybe it's just you ? ;)

239. no they like me

13. More innuendo about the American left. Sigh.

17. Oh, isn't it? I am more than convinced. The poster stated fact, not innuendo.

19. The post was deliciously fact-free.

21. You are wasting your time.

27. cherry picked photos do not reflect the feelings of the majority

44. Ha ha, you replied to me. We're on the same side. :)

67. In all seriousness

123. It is so discouraging

211. It is unbelievable!

220. A weird thing is happening on the far left, I fear.

47. The far right has "they terk er jerbs"

33. it is very old