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So stupid! The UK voted to keep Europeans from coming over here and taking our jobs and seducing our women with their sophisticated accents. There was nothing a

So stupid! The UK voted to keep Europeans from coming over here and taking our jobs and seducing our women with their sophisticated accents. There was nothing about blocking European goods and European fulfilment centres. Boris Johnson even assured us that it was going to be easy to get a "great deal" on free trade. This is not the Brexit we voted for!!

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hellofunk 6y ago
> and our women with their sophisticated accents I also feel particularly terrible for women across Europe who will less often be catcalled by drunken Brits. It’s really the end of an era.
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ChuckNorris89 6y ago
>taking our women Don't think you ever had to worry about that. ;)
- fmajid 6y ago
  I disagree. As a French-American married to a Brit, I have to say British women are exceedingly good-looking for the most part.
williamgrant 6y ago
> The UK voted to keep Europeans from coming over here and taking our jobs and our women with their sophisticated accents. This comment expresses an appalling amount of xenophobia and classism. This warped, cartoonish portrayal of "Brexit" voters on HN is not unexpected, but it is disappointing it seems to escape moderation.
- nickserv 6y ago
  Pretty sure OP is being sarcastic.
  - thatguy0900 6y ago
    He knows it's sarcastic, he said it's a cartoonish portrayal of brexit voters
    - monodeldiablo 6y ago
      I'd have thought so, too... except that I regularly speak with Brexiters. Cognitive dissonance is very real.
- hellofunk 6y ago
  I’m curious, just how wrong is the comment? A parallel political scenario, the election of Trump, was also characterized by a fundamental political platform centered against other races and cultures, and this was acknowledged and successful.
  - williamgrant 6y ago
    The referendum certainly gave a voice to a demographic of nationalists, amongst them some quite insidious people, that's absolutely true. However, it's simply incorrect to characterise the larger Brexit demographic as people who, majority living in the most deprived areas in the UK, voted for anything other than naive or misguided assumptions about the economic impact of EU membership. It seems to be a fundamental political platform for all parties these days to dehumanise opponents over practicing the slightest bit of empathy.
    - scott_w 6y ago
      I feel you over-play the economic discussion, at least insofar as it was at the forefront. While economic "freedom" was pushed by the official campaign, however, you can't deny the widespread publicity of the Nazi-esque "Breaking Point" poster. Anecdotally, I saw people pushing to vote Brexit to stop "the scum of Eastern Europe" from coming here and taxi drivers who voted Brexit to "kick the P*s out" (ethnic slur for Pakistani citizens). The people airing these views weren't hardcore nationalists but regular working class people. Economic circumstances certainly made these voices louder (as hardship always causes populations to turn on "the other"), I will agree there.
bluehatbrit 6y ago
> Boris Johnson even assured us that it was going to be easy to get a "great deal" on free trade. It's almost as if a Torie politican knowingly lied to win an election! I too am incredibly surprised... /s
- dmos62 6y ago
  I think we're breaking a record for number of sarcastic comments in a thread.
belltaco 6y ago
From back in 2017, "EU trade deal easiest in human history" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-40667879/eu-trade-deal-easiest-in-human-history https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-40667879/eu-trade-deal-easies...
mFixman 6y ago
I come to HN for discussion. Can we leave smug posts on Reddit?

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hellofunk 6y ago

> and our women with their sophisticated accents I also feel particularly terrible for women across Europe who will less often be catcalled by drunken Brits. It’s really the end of an era.

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ChuckNorris89 6y ago

>taking our women Don't think you ever had to worry about that. ;)

fmajid 6y ago
I disagree. As a French-American married to a Brit, I have to say British women are exceedingly good-looking for the most part.

williamgrant 6y ago

> The UK voted to keep Europeans from coming over here and taking our jobs and our women with their sophisticated accents. This comment expresses an appalling amount of xenophobia and classism. This warped, cartoonish portrayal of "Brexit" voters on HN is not unexpected, but it is disappointing it seems to escape moderation.

nickserv 6y ago
Pretty sure OP is being sarcastic.
- thatguy0900 6y ago
  He knows it's sarcastic, he said it's a cartoonish portrayal of brexit voters
  - monodeldiablo 6y ago
    I'd have thought so, too... except that I regularly speak with Brexiters. Cognitive dissonance is very real.
hellofunk 6y ago
I’m curious, just how wrong is the comment? A parallel political scenario, the election of Trump, was also characterized by a fundamental political platform centered against other races and cultures, and this was acknowledged and successful.
- williamgrant 6y ago
  The referendum certainly gave a voice to a demographic of nationalists, amongst them some quite insidious people, that's absolutely true. However, it's simply incorrect to characterise the larger Brexit demographic as people who, majority living in the most deprived areas in the UK, voted for anything other than naive or misguided assumptions about the economic impact of EU membership. It seems to be a fundamental political platform for all parties these days to dehumanise opponents over practicing the slightest bit of empathy.
  - scott_w 6y ago
    I feel you over-play the economic discussion, at least insofar as it was at the forefront. While economic "freedom" was pushed by the official campaign, however, you can't deny the widespread publicity of the Nazi-esque "Breaking Point" poster. Anecdotally, I saw people pushing to vote Brexit to stop "the scum of Eastern Europe" from coming here and taxi drivers who voted Brexit to "kick the P*s out" (ethnic slur for Pakistani citizens). The people airing these views weren't hardcore nationalists but regular working class people. Economic circumstances certainly made these voices louder (as hardship always causes populations to turn on "the other"), I will agree there.

bluehatbrit 6y ago

> Boris Johnson even assured us that it was going to be easy to get a "great deal" on free trade. It's almost as if a Torie politican knowingly lied to win an election! I too am incredibly surprised... /s

dmos62 6y ago
I think we're breaking a record for number of sarcastic comments in a thread.

belltaco 6y ago

From back in 2017, "EU trade deal easiest in human history" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-40667879/eu-trade-deal-easiest-in-human-history https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-40667879/eu-trade-deal-easies...

mFixman 6y ago

I come to HN for discussion. Can we leave smug posts on Reddit?