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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
OMG Native Jun 2016 #1
It shows another stunning fact - older people do vote, just like in the US tonyt53 Jun 2016 #2
Shows that people who have lived under the EU the longest most want to leave. Binkie The Clown Jun 2016 #3
Ahh, the timeless generational split. They don't like to break that one out for the propaganda... Shandris Jun 2016 #4
“My ninth-grade class asks if they still have to learn English” struggle4progress Jun 2016 #5

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
3. Shows that people who have lived under the EU the longest most want to leave.
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 01:06 PM
Jun 2016

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...
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 01:38 PM
Jun 2016

...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.

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