POGS, I completely agree with you about the appalling level of abuse the in which Remain campaign has indulged. I note that on my (small) Facebook page every, single post about the referendum has been a Remain post and they have ranged from intemperate to abusive. I truly fear the level of invective that public debate has descended to. In fact it is not debate, it is a one-sided onslaught of abuse and nane calling from one side only. It happened in the last general election and I swear it was partly responsible for the result. Poke a dog in a cage long enough and it will eventually bite back.
Quiet, polite people do not like to be lectured, hectored, abused and called 'irrational', 'racist', 'bigoted', 'narrow minded', 'fascist', 'Little Englander' and all the rest of the completely unjust language employed. It was indefensible when Brendan Cox conflated the actions of a lone, unbalanced person with the genuine and evidenced concerns of ordinary people when ascribing blame for the horrible murder of his wife.