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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by capote on Friday June 24, 2016 @11:37AM (#11970594)
Gut feeling after reading the article I suppose?

Would you really be surprised if many voters didn't know what they were voting for? Especially if the outcome is one agreed upon by most intellectuals to be the worse outcome.

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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by cm3 on Friday June 24, 2016 @11:53AM (#11970767)
So maybe it's time to regulate campaigning to be disallowed from spreading lies or misrepresenting reality?
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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by Slaul on Friday June 24, 2016 @11:39AM (#11970614)
No, I wouldn't be surprised at all. I was just curious, hopefully I did not come across as confrontational.
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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by capote on Friday June 24, 2016 @11:44AM (#11970667)
You didn't. All of this is based on implication and what meaning you draw from the information, so it's not such a solid thing.
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