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I know several good, intelligent people who voted leave. Their grounds for doing so were reasonable and largely optimistic about what the UK would be. I thought, and still think, that they're wrong (mainly because I think Brexit is primarily a Thatcherite, deregulation stalking-horse), but I can see where they're coming from.
...and then you encounter people like Craig and you can't help but feel that, whatever decent reasons were behind some leave votes, the whole campaign has been largely carried by a bunch of whining, petulant, morons whose highest ambition is to get one over on their perceived enemies in their own country. When did the highest ambition of the political right become to piss off other people?
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Yes, same here. Interestingly the sensible, good intelligent ones tend to be the ones who have been anti-EU for a significant amount of time, in most cases since joining, and they tend to be able to have a cogent, considerate conversation about the pros and cons, and very rarely being up immigration as a driving factor. The Craigs of this world seem to have deep seated fears of anything foreign which Brexit has allowed to come to the surface and has given them a boogeyman to blame.
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It's a cultural civil war.
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It could just be that the morons make the most noise?
As in, they are still a minority, but are very happy to broadcast their ignorance on all frequencies and as loud as possible.
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Have you seen The Loudest Voice, about Murdoch and Roger Ailles creating Fox news in order to play to the dark fears and hatred of the public. Terrifying stuff, but a very successful project. The fuckers.
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When did the highest ambition of the political right become to piss off other people?
Ha! Yup, this seems to be important to a lot of people now.
Maybe it’s a byproduct. We’re in an age where attention is currency (and any gobshite can broadcast their silly opinions for attention). Metropolitan cycling types included of course :)
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