What a crock of shit

[amberdreams]

Excuse my French.

Posting here because - well, just because really.  I haven't felt this dispirited and despairing since Thatcher got in for her third term in '87. Even more so after sitting there all day in the Polling Station, seeing people come in to vote who'd never bothered to get off their arses to vote in their tiny-brained lives before because, to quote one woman, "I love my country" and "for freedom". Right. They say they are incensed at being told what to do by unelected people and they want our independence back. Re: unelected people making decisions that affect their lives, are they going to finally get rid of the House of Lords then? I doubt it. And I wonder what percentage of these people will turn out to vote in our next local or national elections? Ooh let me think. None? Maybe 0.01% of them? Yeah, that sounds about right.

The caiblre of the Leave voters shows in the fact that they were the ones who came in hot from social media, complaining loudly about ballot papers being filled in in pencil. Because THEY (who the fuck are THEY?) can just rub it out, you know. So these people demanded pens (why didn't they bring their own if they were that bothered?) because of course if it's filled in with pen then THEY can't alter the vote. Right. So if this conspiracy theory is correct and all voting in this country is rigged, which is what these feckers seemed to think, all THEY need to do is either spoil the inked ballot paper or hey, shred the fucker - or better yet, not bother counting the paper slips at all and totally make up the desired result.

So here we have it, a victory for the small-minded, bigotted, nationalistic, borderline racists and fascists, who tell themselves (and anyone else who's ears aren't bleeding) they did it for democracy.

Gah! Words fail me.

Comments

[manzanita-crow.livejournal.com]

I despair, I really do

[big-heart-june.livejournal.com]

It's so damn fucking scary I just do not know what to say...

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

I give up *hands* *shakes head*

[herminekurotowa.livejournal.com]

I really thought there was some kind of common sense left in people. Now I really have to reconsider my oppinion about the human brain capacity, looks like it's decreasing with yells of ME FIRST!

[zara-zee.livejournal.com]

The thing is, right, I'm originally from England (came to Oz as a toddler), and I have tons of family there and I don't know a single, solitary person who voted to leave. Not one. But then...being a bleeding heart liberal from a family of bleeding heart liberals, I don't tend to hang out with small-minded, bigoted, nationalistic, borderline racists and fascists, so there's that.

Hugs you tight. I've seen lots of tweets from Brits about moving to Australia and they make me laugh, because haven't they heard how much we despise migrants coming over 'ere, takin' our jobs? We've got loads of 'fuck off we're full' memes...but somehow methinks y'all will be white enough to get in...apparently we only hate brown migrants.

It's a sad, sad world. I too despair, I really do. [Hugs].

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Me too. It's just so effing stupid.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

They were saying this morning this opens the door for the Netherlands, and a couple of other countries who have large Euro-sceptic populations leaving the EU too. Including France! It's fucking nuts.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I'd rather shake those fucking idiots who voted leave.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

indeed.

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

Valid way to work out your arm muscles too, win/win.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I thought it was hilarious that a lot of these Leave supporters were talking about emigrating - why would any other country want them anyhow? And how come it was ok for them to be immigrants but not ok for people fleeing conflict to seek sanctuary? Oh yeah, that'll be because they are white, and the immigrants coming here black or brown - or, you know, just speak funny.

Now let's cap it off shall we? Trump for President, Putin in Russia and Boris Johnson as our PM. Great, the world will go to Hell in a hand-basket within a year.

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

No one admitted to voting leave, there's a big difference!
The human race as a whole can be such a stupid bunch of asshats! O.o

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

It's fucking insane I mean we've spent how long in the EU and why are we leaving now? To stop immigration?? Okay, forgetting for a moment that I don't believe in a word of what the dickwads are saying but, the referendum is NOT going to make a crap's worth of difference to people who aren't coming here legally. We're still going to get an immigrant influx every so often. Jeez, some people need their arse spanking so hard their brains finally see the light of day!

[madebyme-x.livejournal.com]

I'm so gutted and saddened by this result, not to be mention terrified about what this could mean for our future.

[anniespinkhouse.livejournal.com]

I was aggrieved enough by the result overall, without the anger of our entire country voting remain (Scotland) yet having no say in doing so, but then I saw how badly it's fucked Gibralter over and I could cry for them. Less than twenty four hours and we are already back in dispute with Spain over them. It scares me how world-wide the politics of hate is growing in momentum and how helpless we are to stop it.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Me too! I just had a random chat over lunch with an actor who's in A Midsummer Night's Dream at our theatre, wallowing in mutual horror and depression over this. One of his sons is editor in Chief at the Guardian and rang him this morning to say he was walking to work but didn't even want to look at the news today, let alone pull a paper together out of it.

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

I think you are absolutely right on the kind of people who were loudest in this referendum; where were they during democratic elections? We had a similar result in a recent EU related referendum and I fear the worst if the right wing fraction manages to push through a people's vote on leaving the EU as they now plan to do with this result from the UK. (We only have an option for 'advisory' referenda, but that's where the chaos starts).
I'm gonna give you an extra big hug when I see you in two weeks (there will still be free travel at least until then, right? o_O)

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

It sounds highly likely that Scotland will have another referendum and leave the UK to join the EU. And how is that going to benefit the stupid idiots who voted Leave? Maybe I should move to Scotland.

[zara-zee.livejournal.com]

Haha, true that! It was the same here when everyone finally realised what a complete and utter tosspot Tony Abbott was...you could never find anyone willing to admit to having voted for him!!! :D

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

They are talking about a two year exit plan - though how the hell that works I've no idea. I heard about Netherlands and a couple of other countries who might now try the same 'let the people decide' tactic and try and leave the EU. It's just so much crap. I do actually feel physically sick about this.

I'll take that extra hug!

[de-nugis.livejournal.com]

You have all my sympathies.

I am just hoping I'm not going to be asking the rest of the world to return the favor come November.

[zara-zee.livejournal.com]

Oh God. I mean...part of me wants to laugh, because it's so ridiculous and laughable and...if you'd written this in a novel a few years back people would've said it was too far-fetched. Not credible. People are being conned into messing the world up for the benefit of an elite few.

[Waves hands about hysterically]

[Reburies head in fandom as it's a much more pleasant place to be.]

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I hope so too. Trumpapocalyspe is not the way I want the world to end, thanks very much.

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

Exactly, every one will say they voted stay but CLEARLY they didn't!

[anniespinkhouse.livejournal.com]

While being independent and rejoining the EU is a lovely idea, having been through the maths for the last referendum I'm really not sure we could afford the EU buy ins. The politicians' financial estimates proved to be way off last time. Now if something can be rejigged or more could be negotiated then yes, ideal. But yes, at least I'm among like-minded horrified people.