No-deal Brexit opponents defeat government

Re:No-deal Brexit opponents defeat government by jibal on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @06:22PM (#20871860)

Some people's version of "the democratic process" is equivalent to "The people have spoken and, having spoken, must never speak again". That is indeed disgusting, as is the claim that pushback against such a ridiculous and anti-democratic idea is "contempt ... for democratic process".

"If the outcome is bad, that's just a lesson in consequences..."

This patronizing authoritarian attitude that entire nations must be punished when some of their citizens make errors in judgment is itself an example of terrible judgment but comes without consequences.

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Re:No-deal Brexit opponents defeat government by busterarm on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @08:01PM (#20872645)

I think entire nations must be punished when the ruling class decides that they aren't representatives of the peoples' will. That's why I live in a country where people fought and died for that privilege of being a representative democracy.

I think it's patronizing and authoritarian to shove pointless referendums in front of your peoples' face that you have absolutely zero intention of implementing if they vote the way you didn't expect.

I think it's patronizing and authoritarian to tell those people that they don't know what's good for them.

I think it's patronizing and authoritarian to tell them that they didn't really mean the terms that they voted for, as if they aren't capable of drawing conclusions from their actions and dealing with the consequences.

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Re:No-deal Brexit opponents defeat government by jibal on Saturday September 07, 2019 @01:25AM (#20901967)

Again, terrible judgment.

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