I think this formulation is a bit more accurate: 1. Mention an obscure irritant that is superficially not the EU's fault, and blame the EU for it 2. EU suppor

I think this formulation is a bit more accurate: 1. Mention an obscure irritant that is superficially not the EU's fault, and blame the EU for it 2. EU supporters pile on and say that this is what all anti-EU arguments are like 3. When examined in more detail, the irritant actually IS the EU's fault 4. People then accept #2 as true, and hate the EU more (since apparently if they examined all the obvious BS about the EU more closely, they'd find it to be true)