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Default Came across this. Interesting.

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alan_m wrote:
On 09/06/2018 17:04, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:



Trouble being many who expressed such concerns did it in an overtly racist
way. So not surprising many politicians kept their distance from them.


It's not just a few people in insignificant extremist groups.


It's the people who have branded 17 million people as racist, bigoted,
simple minded etc., before and after the referendum, who are really
responsible for much of the vote going the way it did and the hardening
of opinions since. Reap what you sow!


Ah - right. Label someone and they become that stereotype.

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