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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBritain Has Left The EU And People Around The World Find It Hilarious (BuzzFeed News)
?resize=625:233OK, that one wasn't so funny. But it's worth a scan.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/krishrach/people-around-the-world-react-brexit?utm_term=.txWRZ12eq#.uaAgOwDQ6
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Britain Has Left The EU And People Around The World Find It Hilarious (BuzzFeed News) (Original Post)
eppur_se_muova
Jun 2016
OP
Shows that people who have lived under the EU the longest most want to leave.
Binkie The Clown
Jun 2016
#3
Native
(5,943 posts)1. OMG
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)2. It shows another stunning fact - older people do vote, just like in the US
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)3. Shows that people who have lived under the EU the longest most want to leave.
Or, that people who had experienced living without the EU preferred it that way.
There are at least two ways to "explain" any statistic.
Shandris
(3,447 posts)4. Ahh, the timeless generational split. They don't like to break that one out for the propaganda...
...because it reminds people that everything they're fighting for now will be called evil, bigoted, racist, and horrible in thirty years.
The timing is pretty dangerous to be breaking that one out now, so I wager the intent is to push for 'another vote' because 'the youth should have a say'. It's the only good explanation for breaking out the tacnuke response this early.
struggle4progress
(118,330 posts)5. “My ninth-grade class asks if they still have to learn English”