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OnDoutside

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9. Probably the best term for them is the low information voter. There's massive cognitive dissonance,

Reply to defacto7 (Reply #8)

Mon Feb 17, 2020, 06:10 PM

Feb 2020

My own sister-in-law puts up lots of forwarded Facebook posts (usually from political groups with non obvious names) of homeless or patients on long waiting lists, yet screams that the government are taking too much tax from her. I've stopped trying to reason with that level of stupidity.

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Brexit: The British government starts to recognise reality [View all] Celerity Feb 2020 OP

And there you have the game plan of rw politics. defacto7 Feb 2020 #1

Great comment. volstork Feb 2020 #2

You've hit the nail squarely on the head... Raster Feb 2020 #3

And people still don't understand the consequences of what is going OnDoutside Feb 2020 #4

I don't claim to be a political scholar but it doesn't take one defacto7 Feb 2020 #8

Probably the best term for them is the low information voter. There's massive cognitive dissonance, OnDoutside Feb 2020 #9

+1 Newest Reality Feb 2020 #6

They will still blame the EU (and everyone else) at every opportunity T_i_B Feb 2020 #5

And many Brexiteers already say they see five fingers muriel_volestrangler Feb 2020 #7

And with the U.S. and Australia telling the U.K. that they must do a deal with the EU first, OnDoutside Feb 2020 #10