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Takket

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70. "what is the EU"?

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Fri Jun 24, 2016, 06:59 PM

Jun 2016

ABC News said that was the #1 google search in the UK today. I'm seriously wondering if a lot of people voted for this believing this was about stopping Syrians from getting into the country and honestly have no idea that they just committed financial suicide for their entire country.

I wonder if any of you on DU could find any exit polling data. I'm wondering what leavers #1 reason for voting leave was. I can't find any.

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AND here is what a voter told the BBC: [View all] Are_grits_groceries Jun 2016 OP

Watch out....you might get what you're after. nt msanthrope Jun 2016 #1

Burning down the house gratuitous Jun 2016 #35

Yep malaise Jun 2016 #2

Hey.... Are_grits_groceries Jun 2016 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel Jun 2016 #3

It's US. Are_grits_groceries Jun 2016 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel Jun 2016 #14

Jeez, how many Trump voters will there be like that? tanyev Jun 2016 #6

about 20 million swhisper1 Jun 2016 #60

I can kinda sympathize... truebluegreen Jun 2016 #7

royal dumbass spanone Jun 2016 #8

What a moron Nonhlanhla Jun 2016 #9

I guess he wanted to "shake things up" ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #32

Yeah, like the time I voted for Ross Poirot, lol Ligyron Jun 2016 #41

Or, my vote for Shirley Chisholm in 1972 ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #43

And if today holds, we will all pay with cheaper pounds. HereSince1628 Jun 2016 #10

What a massive dumbfuck. Odin2005 Jun 2016 #11

Power to the People unless... orwell Jun 2016 #12

stay tuned, there will be quite a few small revolutions in europe swhisper1 Jun 2016 #15

And people are people. Igel Jun 2016 #23

funny, that is just how the US came to be swhisper1 Jun 2016 #28

bernie's not talking about the pain that would result treestar Jun 2016 #49

pain to vulture capitalists. A wise man does not invest in the stock market unless he can afford to swhisper1 Jun 2016 #51

In a real revolution there would be a lot of pain to the ordinary people treestar Jun 2016 #61

it has to start sometime, might as well be now swhisper1 Jun 2016 #62

What do you mean by "small revolutions"? 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #33

each country will have their own reasons to leave swhisper1 Jun 2016 #54

Oh. Okay. I don't consider that a revolution. 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #66

then Brexit is not a revolution swhisper1 Jun 2016 #67

I agree. 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #68

never mind, I got sideways, too many posts to reply to. Have a nice evening swhisper1 Jun 2016 #69

That was how a lot of protest voters felt this year Renew Deal Jun 2016 #13

Same with many Trump primary voters IronLionZion Jun 2016 #16

What a goddamn moron! MynameisBlarney Jun 2016 #17

This is why it will be so important for us to work on getting japple Jun 2016 #18

Reminds me of an old, old story... malthaussen Jun 2016 #19

I was discussing politics with one of my teacher friends a few years ago and she claimed she was world wide wally Jun 2016 #20

Betray your constituency, reap the whirlwind. The UK will be fine. closeupready Jun 2016 #21

No, there will be a truncated Britain consisting of England and Wales. Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #36

Just like there will never be a Brexit? Predictions are like navels - closeupready Jun 2016 #38

Sinn Fein has today called for a referendum on Northern Ireland leaving the UK Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #40

yup, the dominos are falling swhisper1 Jun 2016 #55

No, there won't. NuclearDem Jun 2016 #46

No? closeupready Jun 2016 #47

Scotland is already planning for a second independence referendum. NuclearDem Jun 2016 #50

Watched BBC News coverage through the results call bigbrother05 Jun 2016 #22

There's another lesson or 50 in it, too. Igel Jun 2016 #24

sounds like they were already screwed swhisper1 Jun 2016 #30

This isn't about independence. yardwork Jun 2016 #45

bleh swhisper1 Jun 2016 #56

Well, this is what happens when you are short sighted and ignorant. When you believe the hype Laser102 Jun 2016 #25

"Stupid is as Stupid does." Forrest Gump Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #26

time for a second referendum. "No, we're serious time, vote like it'll mean it!" Blue_Adept Jun 2016 #27

Elections has consequences. Thinkingabout Jun 2016 #29

This is actually a good thing. Here's why I think so... FighttheFuture Jun 2016 #31

Interesting assessment Pluvious Jun 2016 #34

it has been happening for a few years now, it is finally at the rebellion stage swhisper1 Jun 2016 #63

I had a similar thought last night. joshcryer Jun 2016 #42

Let's hope so! A president Trump is not an impossibility.... FighttheFuture Jul 2016 #72

thank you for reasoned thought process, Future swhisper1 Jun 2016 #57

Thank you! FighttheFuture Jul 2016 #71

I heard that too mcar Jun 2016 #37

UK about to become Game of Thrones. JaneyVee Jun 2016 #39

FFS. yardwork Jun 2016 #44

Kinda like how I felt after voting for Nixon in 1972.... liberaltrucker Jun 2016 #48

People think 'protest vote' sounds cooler. Cold comfort to the reality voters. blm Jun 2016 #52

A lot of Trump "protest" voters will experience similar regrets if he wins. nt tblue37 Jun 2016 #53

they would regret daily swhisper1 Jun 2016 #58

Damn "protest votes" pandr32 Jun 2016 #59

Tomorrow, no one will remember what this voter said. Or care. L. Coyote Jun 2016 #64

The USA has poisoned foreign voters Takket Jun 2016 #65

"what is the EU"? Takket Jun 2016 #70