RE: UK to leave EU
June 24, 2016 at 4:00 pm
(This post was last modified: June 24, 2016 at 4:01 pm by Napoléon.)
(June 24, 2016 at 3:47 pm)Losty Wrote: I don't agree that it was a good choice, but I still think it's great that you actually looked into this and did research before voting. If you told me that it was because you hate immigrants or because you love vaping then I would think your reason is really stupid.
Honestly Losty this is the most massive misconception I've seen from Americans having their say here. Not just on this forum, but on reddit, facebook, all manner of social media.
They think this was about us wanting to boot out all the filthy immigrants and that the leave people are uneducated numpties who want to give the finger to the establishment.
I have no doubts in some cases this is true, but I have had a lot of conversations with real people who voted in this. I've discussed and debated with people voting to remain. What strikes me (and yes, this is just my personal experience) is that actually, the most informed, the people who actually seem to have looked into it, are the people who voted leave.
There's immense stupidity on both sides. But I find it really insulting that people seem to think that the remain option was the one backed by 'intellectuals'. Actually I think the reason more young well educated people voted for remain is less to do with intellect and more to do with your class. (ie working class, upper class).
