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Re:Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain by tomp on Friday October 27, 2017 @10:32AM (#15568691)
No, he's just saying that parent's excuse that "no" voters didn't show up because of fear of violence is invalid, because the only perpetrators of violence were Spanish police (i.e. the pro-"no" force), so if anything "yes" voters were discouraged.
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Re:Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain by adekok on Saturday October 28, 2017 @08:32AM (#15574947)
The people who thought the referendum was illegal and didn't matter, didn't show up. In part because of fears of violence from police (shall we say) "enthusiastically" enforcing the law.

The people who wanted the referendum to go through were motivated to show up despite the violence. Because they believed in their cause.

So no, the "yes" voters were likely not discouraged from showing up. Or, the "soft" yes votes were discouraged.

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