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1) Hundreds of thousands of British citizens live and work in the EU. 2) The EU is not Europe. Leaving the EU did not stop British citizens from being European
by Veen 4y ago
1) Hundreds of thousands of British citizens live and work in the EU.
2) The EU is not Europe. Leaving the EU did not stop British citizens from being European.
- ginko 4y ago>The EU is not Europe I'm starting to understand how Americans get annoyed when people keep going "but the USA is not America"
- ben_w 4y ago1) as one of those people, I moved while it was still a right, and am only allowed to stay because it's a grandfathered-in right for people like me. The right — as in, you don't need to ask for permission — no longer exists for single citizenship Brits. 2) Do you also insist on calling Venezuelans "American"? Because that's also technically accurate, in a way most people consider hair-splitting.
- Veen 4y ago> 2) Do you also insist on calling Venezuelans "American"? Because that's also technically accurate, in a way most people consider hair-splitting. I find the distinction worth making because I refuse to let pro-EU people co-opt the European identity for their own purposes. I am British and European. Whether Britain is in the EU is irrelevant.
- PaulDavisThe1st 4y agoOK, so you're British and European, but (now) you cannot travel, work or live freely across the vast majority of the territory that even you would call Europe. Your "European-ness" would seem to be some sort of cultural thing rather than any set of actual rights or legal identity.