I like Brexit

posted June 24th, 2016 at 8:58 AM

I think the UK is going to do just fine outside of the EU. I don't see a problem with letting the UK do its own thing. If Scotland separates and Ireland unifies to do its own thing, it is long overdue, and I respect that. I don't see why young social media people have a hate on for a shift in political direction, as the general public of the UK want it. Let them make up their own mind. They have their own views and culture.

8 Comments

Seeing

Jun 24, 2016 at 1:03pm

That's the problem, you seem uninformed.

asdfghjk

Jun 24, 2016 at 2:06pm

The general public of the UK wants it? Have you actually taken a look at the results? Only 51.9% voted to leave.

As for doing just fine, sure, if by just fine you mean having your economy tank.

Independence Day

Jun 24, 2016 at 3:11pm

"I don't see why young social media people have a hate on for a shift in political direction"

I do. They're young, hysterically emotional, brainwashed by leftist professors and they want free stuff.

good luck with that

Jun 24, 2016 at 3:31pm

We are far too progressive and interested in democracy and human rights to permit you to openly side with those people. After all, they are all bigots and not nice, and they hate goodness, whereas our side is completely correct and therefore you are wrong.

Anonymous

Jun 24, 2016 at 4:12pm

The problem, my dear uninformed friend, is that the people who voted for Brexit did so based on fear and hatred of immigrants not on sound economic or political reasoning and the outcome will be economic disaster for Britain. Would you be so cavalier if you woke up this morning to find out that the CAD had crashed and that you were heading for a deep recession the likes of which the country hadn't seen for 50 years? BTW the most googled item in Britain today is "What is the EU?" which means a hell of a lot of people who voted had no idea what they voted for. Just let that sink in for a minute. The majority of the UK (and we are only talking by 4%) voted with ignorance of the facts. And it has far reaching consequences as the far-right parties of all other countries including the US are using this as a call to arms for their own nationalist agendas of change. That is seriously frightening!

@Anyonmous

Jun 24, 2016 at 7:26pm

The CAD did crash. It was up at parity with the US, and now it's down 25%. That's actually down more than the Pound was.

I mean, "crash" in the weak sense of the word that you meant, Anonymous.

So, all is well! We're still trucking through our weak dollar. Lovely, ain't it?

The young didn't want it.

Jun 25, 2016 at 11:21am

Young people on social media are angry because it's not what they wanted and they're the ones who have to live with the decision.

There's an excellent chart floating around that shows the majority of those who voted to leave will be dying off without having to deal with it for long.