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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
Oh ffs I actually watched that waiting for the "lesson". Spoilers: He just says "Britain will be OK cos America was OK".
It doesn't even attempt to equate the two events (because you can't because they aren't even similar) other than to say that "People thought the Americans who wanted independence were stray'dup crazy too y'awl". Come on. I was at least expecting some dubious parallels to be drawn for me to dismiss... but he didn't even bother to make any.
Because the links between a 250 year old Colonial independence event and a vote to withdraw voluntarily from a trading collective of individual nations are tenuous at absolute best, and more accurately, laughable. All you've done here Liberty is demonstrate (or rather, confirm) that you have very little understanding of European politics.
I mean c'mon. Even Kirk isn't trying to pretend that the two are similar and he'll latch onto pretty much ANY pro-Brexit propaganda.
The guy in the video is at least right about one thing though. He *is* obnoxious 
Always willing to listen Kirk, it's not my fault that what I'm listening to is people constantly slavering bull****. |
Sigh, there were many parallels listed and I'm annoyed I have to spell them out.
Everyone thought the founders were crazy thinking they could create an independent country that could stand on its own two feet in the world. And actually, you could argue that the founders faced a bigger challenge as the US had no history of working together. He makes the point that not everyone in the US wanted independence just like not everyone in the UK and there were regions in the US that didn't want it (New York was the Scotland in its day). He makes the point that heavy trading that existed in colonial times continued a few years after the war meaning suggesting that trade will continue between the UK and Europe.
There are other points but, in all honesty, this is just a half-hearted response to your post. I know it won't make any difference. I have accepted that some people are just content with their own ignorance. And when you argue with them it's like rolling around with a pig in mud: eventually you realize that the pig likes it.
