Quote (dro94 @ 22 Jul 2016 22:52)
Agreed. I disagree with the outcome of the referendum but we voted to leave and that should be respected. People not being informed enough is THEIR fault, although the media and major political parties are also to blame for a lack of accessible information.
Just think if we voted to remain in the EU and Farage demanded another referendum...we'd tell him to fuck off, and rightly so. Then why is it any different the other way around?
listen, mate - i really feel for you... although it is indeed not only popular, but also very understandable to hate the EU for many different reasons, you not only did the reasonable and educated thing to do, but also tried to convince those who seemed to be uninformed and basing their decision purely on emotional arguments. there's not much more you could have done - and i'm pretty sure i would be fucking mad if i were in your shoes now.
although i really can't see how the pro brexit arguments could ever outweigh the downsides from my perspective, i'm sure there were plenty of more or less reasonable and informed people who still voted to leave, maybe because they just have different priorities or whatever. what i'm trying to say is that i don't just want to dismiss ALL of them as uneducated bigots, that'd be too easy. still, it's a shame people like you and your generation will have to suffer from this, especially those who DID their democratic duty and cast their vote.
anyway, i really hope the worst (amongst the realistic) predictions won't come true, i'd rather see a strong UK outside the EU than being able to say "i told you so" to the idiots buying into the hate and fear mongering - but i have to say, my personal sense of justice is strongly in favour of your government allowing scotland another independence vote, seeing how they were unanimously in favour of staying and should have a strong case considering their last pro UK vote was largely based on being an EU member...