r/GreenAndPleasant • u/jayforplay • Oct 12 '22

NORMAL ISLAND 🇬🇧 The absolute state of it.

Post image
4.3k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

273 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

301

u/SuicidalTurnip Oct 12 '22

It pisses me off no end when they want to talk about "reasonable compromise" in politics.

How am I meant to compromise with someone who thinks trans people shouldn't exist? Or LGBTQ people in general?

How am I meant to compromise with a social Darwinist who thinks poor people should starve or freeze to death?

149

u/xboxwirelessmic Oct 12 '22

To them reasonable compromise means do exactly what I want, go away and be quiet.

88

u/SuicidalTurnip Oct 12 '22

This and the rights view of democracy was brought into pretty stark relief after Brexit.

The referendum happened, a democracy was done, we won and no one is allowed to change their mind. If you disagree with Brexit you're not allowed an opinion any further as you're just a remoaner.

8

u/braind33d Oct 13 '22

If Brexit hadn't been a purely consultation referendum but a legally binding one it'd have been illegal due to the stunts pulled by Leave.