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Showing Original Post only (View all)ONE LAST TIME: Brexit, for the VAST MAJORITY of Leave voters, was about xenophobia [View all]
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 Britains 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 partys 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 arent 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. Youre the problem. Youre taking our jobs, youre 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 hadnt 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.
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 partys 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 arent 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. Youre the problem. Youre taking our jobs, youre 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 hadnt 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 [View all]
auntpurl
Jun 2016
OP
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
If you want to get really granular, FDI from the EU did not stop the loss of real income
leveymg
Jun 2016
#79
That issues of this sort involving National issues should not be left up to the electorate??? nt
clarice
Jun 2016
#203
How elitist is that???? I'm glad that I don't live in your world... shameful.nt
clarice
Jun 2016
#206
On Twitter last night: "Boris Johnson sacrificed a million jobs to get one". nt
auntpurl
Jun 2016
#164
Seems to me that one could appear to prove almost anything by merely presenting anecdotes.
jonno99
Jun 2016
#4
I'm simply commenting on your lack of refutation. My feelings don't enter into the matter
JonLeibowitz
Jun 2016
#18
I know. How dare someone living in the UK tell Americans what the campaign was about!
Violet_Crumble
Jun 2016
#150
Please stop refuting the "Pitchfork and Torches brigade" theories..facts and realities upset them.nt
pkdu
Jun 2016
#153
Well said. There were many reasons, and that was certainly one of them, but it was far from the main
OnDoutside
Jun 2016
#8
So how do you feel about undocumented workers in the US, (economic refugees) or
Agnosticsherbet
Jun 2016
#72
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
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
Nah, more like the left is against free trade because many of them are economically illiterate
YoungDemCA
Jun 2016
#143
True. And the U.K. has much less immigration than Ireland which is content with EU
pampango
Jun 2016
#24
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
I think it's too soon to say Cameron will be the most disgraced politician in UK history
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Jun 2016
#98
Because as a member of the EU, we are required to take a certain number of migrants.
auntpurl
Jun 2016
#34
Thatcherism and the austerity measures of Britain and other EU countries
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jun 2016
#104
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
Non sequitur. They are still responsible for voting. And they face reelection. eom
fleabiscuit
Jun 2016
#126
No, but I travel there frequently, and have daily contact with many people there. I dont doubt
jack_krass
Jun 2016
#120
Look, I dont doubt that the UK ultra right has attached itself to the "leave" movement.
jack_krass
Jun 2016
#178
Are we against putting complicated economic policy up for a general population referendum?
auntpurl
Jun 2016
#65
No, I'm talking about uneducated people (that is based on polling, not my opinion)
auntpurl
Jun 2016
#73
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
LOL! Is the Third Way international now?? I guess we should have known, considering that they are
Number23
Jun 2016
#225
Every bit as reasonable and informed as your post screaming about the Third Way as if it has
Number23
Jun 2016
#242
Thanks for introducing the same talking points that were pioneered by white supremacist groups
YoungDemCA
Jun 2016
#147
to the degree it was about anti-Muslim xenophobia, you would think EU nations...
yurbud
Jun 2016
#90
The side by side pics of actual Nazi propaganda film and Nigel Farage standing in front of that bus
Rex
Jun 2016
#113
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
People don't like trade deals because they are economically illiterate racists
YoungDemCA
Jun 2016
#145
People can not like free trade and still not be racist. Free trade is just a policy. Now once
craigmatic
Jun 2016
#181
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
so do we,it's the norm,so we have to look at why so many members want to leave
larkrake
Jun 2016
#168
Either you are being deliberately obtuse or you still don't understand what I said.
auntpurl
Jun 2016
#196
We are SO on the same page! I posted something extremely similar on this in the AA forum
Number23
Jun 2016
#223
As one Brit guy so perfectly said, the main folks cheering this are Putin, Trump and ISIS
Number23
Jun 2016
#224
I think it might be time for a little DU break, until the US forgets about Brexit
auntpurl
Jun 2016
#235