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Originally Posted by Northern Monkey
It seems we agree that many leave voters made an informed and researched decision just as many didn't.
You began your post with -
"I actually totally have to disagree that informed decisions were made in voting, on both sides too, although those voting remain knew things would probably go on as before."
And then continued with examples of people you know who voted leave without any or many actual reasons.
Maybe if you'd said 'I actually totally have to disagree that informed decisions were made in voting FROM SOME leave voters' then I wouldn't have misunderstood your meaning.
Kirks post didn't have any acknowledgement of an opposing view because he was giving a rebuttal with examples of leavers who he knows to a post which was covertly implying 'Joe public'(people who voted leave) were uninformed idiots who were about to get some big shock or 'kick in the nads'.
The rest of your post I agree with.Although i haven't seen you abused Personally it may have happened.
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I am rather confused that there was any difficulty in understanding my statement.
Since I myself included no quantifying at all of the comment because like everyone else, I do not know how many voted that were in fact who could be termed not informed.
Hence no figures of any quantity even as to minority, half or majority in my post at all.
Just as I equally, which is why I also included both for leave and remain in my posts, have no idea if the minority, half or majority, of remain voters voted remain with the full knowledge of the workings of the EU itself either.
With respect neither have you or anyone else as to that.
Also finally, the abuse I mentioned did happen, not 'may have happened', it did,since I was on the receiving end I know it did.
I was hammered on here accused of being someone who pestered people and invaded their privacy by canvassing knocking at their doors during the EU referendum, a duty I and hoards of other people were supposed to carry out as a part of a canvassing team.
Just to mention one instance.
You didn't see it, so you just say maybe it happened, it did happen.
I balance my views on here whenever can, I never need to make anything up.
However,I have held back as a member on here but the getting at done on here,jumping at any little thing for whatever reasons,is a turn off.
Some are getting a raw deal just for who they are on the forum, that is sad to see anywhere, not just on this forum.
So I felt the need to defend someone today just as it seems you did too.
Except no insults were flying from me as to all their posts on any of the points I made or raised.