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Multiple cases of racist incidents reported after Brexit.
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Some people did.
That's doesn't mean that racist shitheads won't take Brexit to mean that their views are reaffirmed and can happily shout about it in public.
For the people who voted for Brexit for reasons other than xenophobia and racism, I hope those reasons are worth the rising xenophobia and racism we will experience now.
Make Britain British again actually means make England English again.
Fun times ahead.
Someone on facebook shared over 100 screenshots of these sorts of tweets/messages. Ridiculous.
But people being unhappy with immigration doesn't mean they're racist of would resort to the kind of shit in the OP. It's much more complex than that.
Yeah I'm sure most racists did vote leave, but I know people I would go on record to say are not racist in the slightest but voted leave. I also know there are some with racist tendancies who voted Remain.
I've seen polish people openly abused in public long before brexit. Like I said scum gonna be scum. Just with the whole Brexit thing its been brought to the forefront.
Out of all the stupid things they've said/done/believed, *that* surprises you? They're clearly not the sharpest end of the Swastika.
I can't speak for Labour, but that doesn't describe the Democratic Party's platform at all. As has been said, it's the Republican Party that regularly shits on the poor, while telling them that their problems are really the fault of an interchanging group of brown people, either black, Latino, or Muslim.
I assume they thought everyone not born in this country would be deported the next day.
That we'd cut off all chances of any immigrants coming over ever again.
And go back to the 'good old days' to quote a pair of elderly leave voters on the news.
None of that will happen of course but then they didn't bother to actually look at the facts
You right, I forget how stupid people can be
The Incarnation
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We've always been like this.
People forget how much of a grip the media here has over people's minds.
For all the talk of freedom, the people here will never free themselves from those shackles.
It is hilarious hearing old people talk of the "good old days." Yeah, the good old days of miner's strikes, rationing, the 3 day week, Thatcher, imminent nuclear war, actual war and more.
Is every Leave voter racist? I doubt it. But every Leave voter supported a pretty brazenly racist campaign that used xenophobia to get people to the polls. It's shameful honestly.
Mineshaft_Gap
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That's England for you. Not much different than Alabama if you ask me. Shameful.
Part of me wants all the non-white Brits to just take a holiday for a week and see how fucked the country would be by the time they come back. Doubt they'll enjoy going back to the good old days when they break their hip but the Filipino nurses and Indian doctors aren't there to look after them.
PartlyCloudlike
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Brexit: not racist, but #1 with racists.
Bubba_Sparks
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What's odd to me is all the worry about immigration. The population is like 90% white, I cannot imagine how these people would feel living in a country like the United States, or to a lesser extent Canada for example.
Static Veins
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This was my biggest fear of a Leave victory; legitimised racism.
The likes of Britain First must have creamed their pants when the result came in, before immediately setting off to shout "get out!" at the nearest non-white, non-English, person they could find.
I used to love my country. Now I have never been more ashamed to be British.
The likes of Britain First must have creamed their pants when the result came in, before immediately setting off to shout "get out!" at the nearest non-white, non-English, person they could find.
I used to love my country. Now I have never been more ashamed to be British.
BlazingDarkness
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Was on the bus last year with my boyfriend. We were harassed by a group of chavs who said they would rape and murder us when we got off the bus. My bf is from Hong Kong originally, and the Leave vote further empowers scum like that to throw their weight around. Gay and non-white. Seriously thinking we need to invest in self defence lessons.
Fuck the Leave campaign.
Fuck the Leave campaign.
GarthVaderUK
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Utterly shameful behaviour. I feel really bad for anyone on the receiving end of this abuse and made to feel unwelcome in the UK, I hope these racist cunts can be found and prosecuted.
bobbychalkers
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Sounds a lot like my home states of Alabama and Mississippi.
Do they mean the good old days of ruling India and Hong Kong?
Greece. UK. Other nations. The US makes an easy target but the ignorant, racist, straight dumb fuck majority is clearly in Europe and not the US now.
Commander Jameson
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Make Britain British again actually means make England English again.
Fun times ahead.
It actually means "Make England white again".
ClosingADoor
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The problem is it legitimizes that kind of behavior, because you have politicians basically supporting it now.
Heckler456
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The political term "useful idiot" comes to mind. Not saying that was the case with the Leave side of things as a whole, but don't just dismiss people's opinions about what the Leave campaign was about by saying that only a select few people are the real racist or whatever. The data shows that there exists a clear throughline of xenophobia within the Leave campaign.
Palette Swap
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Honestly, right now, a lot of people don't give two shits about what was in the heart of hearts of these 17m voters. The observable facts that everyone will remember is that this vote empowered racist assholes in England, was only possible thanks to them in the first place, and gave a huge shit eating grin to every fascist worldwide, from Putin to Orban.
Half of these voters could have genuinely believed that their Leave vote would cure cancer that it wouldn't change this outcome.
Enjoy your allies.
...What? So your saying in the US there are roving gangs of Muslims harassing the minority southern people?
I've taken this much harder than I thought I would have. For the first time I genuinely feel ashamed to call myself a British citizien. I live in London and although London voted to stay in I do feel the tension on the streets.
I'm ethnically Filipino but I'm British through and through. I was born here, raised here and I love this country. I've never been racially abused (although I have witnessed it in my lifetime targeted towards some of my black friends) and I've never felt nervous on the streets.....until now. Like I'm almost half expecting someone to say something dumb to me.
I also have a Swedish girlfriend who planned to come and live here with me so we could start a new life and a family together but obviously that plan is kind of on hold right now. It's been 3 days since the vote and my mood is still really down. Reading this stuff is just horrible.
Anyway I just wanted to vent. I need a pint
I'm ethnically Filipino but I'm British through and through. I was born here, raised here and I love this country. I've never been racially abused (although I have witnessed it in my lifetime targeted towards some of my black friends) and I've never felt nervous on the streets.....until now. Like I'm almost half expecting someone to say something dumb to me.
I also have a Swedish girlfriend who planned to come and live here with me so we could start a new life and a family together but obviously that plan is kind of on hold right now. It's been 3 days since the vote and my mood is still really down. Reading this stuff is just horrible.
Anyway I just wanted to vent. I need a pint
water_wendi
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i imagine Poles, Swedes, Danes, Spaniards, etc are part of that 90%.
Admiral Woofington
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..... What?
The Hamburglar
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I dunno man. The body count of ethnic minorities by police that is completely legitimised by a political party begs to differ.
Gnome Scat
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Well that's what isolationism leads to.
CelticKnight
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Fucking Danes, coming over here, bringing their bacon and taking over our tasty meat industry.
Facism
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got a lot of Greek/Turk Cypriots, as well as their mainland brethren up in that, too.
Kurt Angle
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I have to visit the uk for work next month
highly regret saying yes to my boss for that trip. fucked up cunts
highly regret saying yes to my boss for that trip. fucked up cunts
The poster I replied to basically implied that there was no other reason why someone would vote leave. Even if the main driver of the Leave campaign was racism and xenophobia, don't paint 17.5 million people as all being racists.
It's probably the hangover but your post is confusingly written.
Right, they are all knowingly fine with promoting racism, xenophobia, and bigotry. Completely different, right?
No they just willing and knowingly encouraged racists.
Or were entirely ignorant of what their vote meant.
Sometimes I feel people know it's their own kind that act against them but the simple belief of superiority over another race is too strong for them to resist acting like a racist asshole.
frankie_baby
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Maybe not all leave voters are racist but every single one of them has done the bidding of the racists
Kill Your Masters
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Make Britain British again actually means make England English again.
Fun times ahead.
I saw a FB album this morning with over 100 similar tweets. Depressing.
Never said I agree with these people....
And no, promoting a side filled with racists for your own reasons doesn't suddenly make you racist. Just selfish or ignorant/naive.
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