I don't generalize Brexiters. And I don't particularly care about the motives about why someone voted for Brexit or whatever. I just think it's particularly interesting that he's giving a speech to that association; I studied there for quite a long time. All those in that particular association were/and probably still are cretins. You should read their codex they use for a cantus (if I'm not mistaken you're German so you'll know what a cantus is). Oh and in a month, I'll probably see them humiliating their new prospects all across town. I really dislike them.
Pretty certain that quite a high percentage of old people voted that way because they don't like the change, compared to when they were young. Or that some voted that way because they don't like Polish, French, whatever. You'll also have people who find sovereignty paramount etc... They won, that's that. Whatever the reason. Out is out. A second referendum/remaining is one of the worst things that could happen. Keeping a nation in where roughly about 52 percent (of the participants) wants out (I don't think it's relevant that some might have changed their opinion now or whatever- all those new polls don't change anything for me), doesn't help anyone. As I said beforehand, they should have known that they (not the rich segment) were going to get proverbially burned(economically). And again that's their right; to find some things more important.
The only thing that somewhat annoys me from time to time is misinformation; from both sides to be fair. Pretty certain that some have never read the Treaty of Lisbon and start spouting all sorts of things, or all sorts of weird conspiracy theories about the future of the E.U. when it's clear that they're not informed. Or leavers that act all surprised that they are going to get a bad deal; mind you they are probably not in the majority just quite vocal. I dislike it when people act like it's always someone else's fault and this is a sort of extension of that.
Don't get me wrong I do feel sympathy for those who will be affected; expats, possibly people in NI, people whose jobs are on the line etc ... .
I'm german aye (well, german/brit dual) but only know "cantus" as part of the song-title of one of my favourite pieces of musik:
it's from Latin and means a harmonising upper voice as part of a choir...what do you mean it as? Bear in mind I never went to any college or uni, so maybe it's campus-speak.
I agree KVHV are mostly idiots: I've seen some comments from their members that they long for the days when the Flemish colonised Congo, dimly unaware of how this contradicts their nationalism doctrine.
Some family and old friends are Brexiters (from the english side of family/friends). The big 3 reasons for voting thus were: wishing to force EU-reform; taking back control just like the slogan said, and immigration concerns as Brexit came hot on the heels of the mass migrant waves from Arab lands to Central Europe. None of them cared much about whatever Boris, Nigel or Gove said.
Indeed, there's plenty of misinformation and 'pointscoring' from both sides...I always try to understand both, and for those that have picked a side there's often big logic gaps in their thinking. It's wilful...like they don't want to understand the other side. Tribal. Primitive, to be honest.
I always say it's fine to be like this in football (none of us have a good word to say about the RS, for example)...but it's silly to also be like this politically. These are things that really affect us, picking sides seems so counter-productive. The Tory/LibDem-coalition deeply disappointed me, I had high hopes for that unusual combination working for the good of everyone. LibDems were just too weak, but they didn't have to be. A Paddy Ashdown would've bulldozed his way through the mud a little better...more's the pity that chance came too late for his LibDems...we might never have had the Brexit vote at all.
