The quality of discourse was terrible.
Why did the leave camp stick to the 350 million argument after it had been so firmly skewered. There were many other reasons to vote leave that could have been discussed instead.
Both campaigns are guilty of this.
Re:UK votes to leave EU
by nicotonico on Friday June 24, 2016 @06:51AM
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This is the greatest reason the polls were so wrong.
The media decided brexit was wrong. And therefore they used the age-old argument "all who vote leave are rayciss". So leavers were in anonimity. But that does not stop them from voting. It was a shitshow.
It's a bit like attacking people and saying they're racist/sexist/whatever for disagreeing with your beliefs doesn't work and tends to backfire. By causing a bit of an 'us vs them' tone to the whole ordeal.
Now if only the media would stop doing this and try actual reasoned debate instead.
Re:UK votes to leave EU
by humanrebar on Friday June 24, 2016 @12:33PM
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> It's a bit like attacking people and saying they're racist/sexist/whatever for disagreeing with your beliefs doesn't work and tends to backfire.
I wish that were true. Generally people are fine vilifying each other.
There are many reasons why people voted to leave but the journalism covering this seemed to only be able to cover the sensationalist parts of the debate in the most childish fashion. This needed a serious discussion amongst adults, with a lot of thought and we didn't get it.
So if it wasn't some racist backlash to immigration, then what was it? While I can't speak for all, here is a piece that explains many of the issues that people actually have with Europe, delivered in the serious manner that I wish more of the debate had been.
http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2016/02/david-davis...