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Originally Posted by rubecube
There's certainly been an effort to downplay as the fringe or an extreme vocal minority.
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On the other hand, the losers have done little more than fume about bigotry and xenophobia, discounting any notion that there could be more at work than bigotry when half the country voted against what most politicians, bankers, business leaders, and the affluent wanted.
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Originally Posted by chemgear
The whole Brexit fiasco is likely only going to embolden the racism and xenophobia, turn it mainstream. The segment is going to take the Brexit as "oh hey look, we're the majority now! The majority thinks this way and will back them up."
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Actually, I think we would have seen worse if Stay won the referendum. People get much angrier when they lose than when they win.