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In reply to the discussion: Salon: Embattled Whiteness Gave Us Brexit. [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)46. The celebrating in the street mostly touched on "those people."
The ones who 'can't speak OUR language' and take up 'all OUR benefits' (emphasis sardonic and deliberate). It's sad. I really thought UK was getting past the rough spots, especially as the young people came up and saw that regional alliance as the New Normal...now with Brexit the old folks are happy, but the young kids' futures are in jeopardy and their opportunities are fewer. Such a damn shame. It'll take them years, maybe decades, to fix this if they don't find a way to say "Oooops--never mind, we didn't mean it" and do that quick.
Of course, they're celebrating in Dublin--all those "Highly Fluent English language speaker" jobs that UK kids will be fired from will be On the Market in Ireland!
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