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In reply to the discussion: The Reaction to Brexit is the Reason Brexit Happened [View all]PaulaFarrell
(1,236 posts)If indeed they did. I've not seen it before and you haven't provided a link. I did see the video of the stupid girl whose whole family voted out and then wanted to change her vote the next day ad she hadn't thought it would pass. I guess Africans do tend to work in the low-paid professions too so maybe they didn't want the competition from east Europeans.
And no, it doesn't mean 48% weren't xenophobic. Most ofthe reasons given could be linked to immigration as well, its just that 52% weren't ashamed to admit it.
I am not the one with blinders on. That'd be the person who thinks they know better than people who actually live in this country.
And I am not faux-raged, I am genuinely outraged that there are racist marches in my town, that my friend is accosted- physically - in a coffee shop, that my children's choices in life have just been shrunk, that Boris frickin Johnson is probably going to be pm, and that people on DU, who should be against bigotry in all its forms, are bending over backwards to defend the bigots.
Ps you haven't answered the trump question. If he's voted in, will you also defend those who voted him in?