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> It will leave 17m people in an absolute rage, and they have already murdered one MP. It'll get worse. So, the decision making is kept as hostage by 17m angr
by beefield 8y ago
> It will leave 17m people in an absolute rage, and they have already murdered one MP. It'll get worse.
So, the decision making is kept as hostage by 17m angry people who won't accept that their side winning was based on pretty much fraudulent arguments? Maybe, just maybe, it could be in the long run worth paying the price of their anger and show that the modern democratic society has some backbone against these kind of people?
- PaulRobinson 8y agoI can see that. However, it's just not how we try and do things in the UK - major policy changes have been caused by rioting through history, and governments do what they can to minimise it. Remember, we don't have a codified constitution. A system such as our requires trying to find middle ground consensus above all else. The people who want to Leave are way, way, way angrier than those who want to Remain. It's easier to just let them discover the lie in their deathbeds in 20 years...
- alexgmcm 8y agoYeah, obviously the only way we can defeat the far right fanatics is by doing everything they want...
- aomega08 8y agoSurprisingly relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance