pwrmoore wrote:Cap'n Grumpy wrote:pwrmoore wrote:Just had a browse of the full results myself. The deeper I looked the more I realised how little I actually have in common with those south of Hadrian's wall on the bigger island.
So you had a
deep look at the results of a
single issue referendum
* and it made you realise how little you have in common with some other people? Are you saying you can only have things in common with others if they vote the same way as you did in a yes/no referendum on one issue, even if it is a biggy?
By the same token it implies you have lots in common with those who voted the same as you, even though you cannot know anything else about them simply by looking at the results.
That's a bit shallow, is it not?
*Yes I know there are many issues involved in how those votes were cast in that referendum, but those issues are many and varied and can in no way be read
simply from the poll votes.
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I don't think I'm shallow at all. Let's just say this has helped crystalize some thoughts that have been forming over the past several years (pre and post referendum) of reading debates, opinions, propositions, arguments, counter-arguments, analyses etc.
And this is a big issue. I don't like the general trend to the right of the "mainstream" in this dis-united kingdom of ours and I am more and more of the opinion that it does not represent an identity that I feel I can align with.
I don't think you're shallow either.
It's obvious
now that your realisation that you have little in common with those south of yer man's wall has come about over several years and from different fora, and not just from re-reading the results of the referendum.
So why didn't ya say that in the first place ya eejit, ya?
Must admit though that I don't like the general trend of Bremainers to disparage Brexiters as any or all of, racists, xenophobes, sheep, turkeys or simply stupid. Now I know you are a sensible man and I'm not saying you are guilty of that, but would advise caution against even leaning that way.
I know several people who voted leave who most definitely are none of the above and would be very offended at the accusation they are DUP supporters let alone their sheep or turkeys. I know of those who voted leave on a matter of principle ... now some others may not agree with that principle ... but that doesn't mean they should be dismissed as racist, xenophobic or whatever, and certainly not stupid (whatever others may think).
I have little doubt that racists and xenophobes etc do exist, but to label
all brexiteers as such does no one any credit.