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It's extremely depressing talking to people about Brexit, It's turned into a belief system and to question it is almost(maybe the same!!) like saying your reli
by 123pie123 5y ago
It's extremely depressing talking to people about Brexit,
It's turned into a belief system and to question it is almost(maybe the same!!) like saying your religion is wrong
No matter how logical I am in trying to discuss the pros and cons, the conversation will invarably go to the statement - you just don't know the real impact yet
followed by a virtual fingers in the ear when discussing facts, then followed by them saying lets change the subject.
It's somehow been internalised to a degree that peoples existance depends on it working and them being right
- toyg 5y ago> to a degree that peoples existance depends on it That's because for many, it actually does. If "project fear" turns out to be right, a lot of people will get poor - and more importantly, they will have to admit that they were wrong, which is absolutely unconceivable and shameful in the pub-culture shouting match that political debate has turned into after the '80s.
- 123pie123 5y ago>they will have to admit that they were wrong when it does turn out crap (it's already started) I doubt people will say they're wrong. I recon they'll either stay quiet and just convinently forgot they voted to leave or argue they were right based on the <insert any made up arguement here> and the politicians were wrong and are to blame