Why are "Leavers" so angry?

It could have something to do with broken promises?!! People voted in the belief that the result of the referendum would be respected! Both main political party's emphasised this not once or even twice, but again, and again, signing article 50, going into a GE on the back of delivering Brexit, and we in our ignorance believed them! Why would we not?!! Did they, our presumably educated politicians not know what the were promising or signing up for?!! If they didn't, how on earth could we?!! If they did, and are now just blaming and catcalling brexiteers in order to cover their own hides, then I suggest that this impasse is wholly and solely the fault of our appalling set of MP's who have persistently and duplicitously , while pretending to support Brexit, done their utmost to destroy it! The general public understand perfectly clearly that they have been led by the nose not once but again and again by politicians and surprise, surprise they are just a little angry, as remainers would be, quite rightly, if it were the other way round! You lie to people on an industrial scale they are bound to be very angry! Its perfectly simple so why are you remainers surprised?!!

It has been said for years that if we had a referendum on hanging, the majority of the population would vote for it. Is this the kind of country we want to live in? Where serious decisions are made as a kind of lowest common denominator result?

You lie to people on an industrial scale they are bound to be very angry!

You've summed up the Leave argument and answered all the questions you pose in your post in one sentence there.

Hamlet:
O most pernicious woman!
O villain, villain, smiling, damnèd villain!
My tables—meet it is I set it down
That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain—
At least I am sure it may be so in Denmark.

and on GN

Absolutely SirChenjin

In a long life I've often voted for the side which didn't win. I just accepted that I had lost.
What met people like me who voted 'leave' was a torrent or abuse. I was accused of being racist, uneducated, ignorant and so on. I tried not to retaliate because we had won. Or had we ?

You've misunderstood my post Griselda

Why do we feel angry? In my case it's because Parliament are doing their very best to stymie any move to leave. In many cases the MPs involved are going against what their own constituents voted for. This is what is so wrong. Parliament should respect the referendum result and they are not doing so. It really is that simple.

Let's just agree that we have all been lied to.

Now, could someone please take up grapefruitpip's request for an explanation of the advantages of leaving the EU. I, for one, would sleep better at night if I knew what they are.

Yes, just some bullet points will do , thanks.

Could we also have some actual details as opposed to a vague, meaningless 'take back control' type of bullet pointed answer please?

AlltheLs and others - I think Leavers are angry because they've been lied to about the results of the referendum being implemented. Another lie by the politicians.

David Cameron was so arrogant about Remain winning that he ignored the fact that we have a representative democracy - i.e. Parliament. Parliament is the sovereign power, acting through its elected representatives. These representatives form their own opinions about the effect on Brexit - they are not delegates, mandated to follow how their constituents voted on Brexit.

It should also be remembered that it's the MPs who make the law, and new laws would have to be made if we leave the EU because the current laws would no longer apply.

David Cameron therefore shouldn't have promised that the results of the referendum would be implemented. He should have said that because the decision on whether to leave the EU would ultimately have be made by Parliament and that the results of the referendum would be advisory, as was later confirmed in a court of law.

I think everyone is angry about politicians lying, and rightly so. The Prime Minister is a past master at this and will say anything that suits him.

As for the threats of civil unrest if we don't leave - we still have the rule of law and those who wish to protest with violence will do well to remember that.

Everyone is angry it would seem.
Will we ever find peace again?

My DH used to be addicted to Jeremy Kyle who got his just desserts but now he is glued to Today in Parliament which is in fact worse. Everyone is at each other's throats and I cannot see an end to it unless we move forward - either come out of EU or revoke article 50. I am beginning to not care which.

I notice no-Leaver has come back with the tequested bullet points yet..

I was mulling over to myself what these were, as surely they must expect some concrete benefits to compensate for the upheaval and possible(?) negative impact?? otherwise the words 'turkey' and 'Christmas' come to mind.

I am not certain that the aggression really has anything to do with Brexit or that Leavers are more prone to it than Remainers.

During our lifetime, behaviour that we were taught as children to control - anger, aggression, telling lies, using rude or obscene language or making personal remarks has become more and more usual.

Presumably it is acceptable to those who use it.

It is now common for Social Services offices to have security staff because their social workers risk being physically assaulted by their clients. Schoolteachers have chairs thrown at them by quite small children etc. etc.

Neither of my examples would have been at all likely to happen when we were children. I doubt I would have sat down for a week if I had thrown a chair at a school-teacher!

If I'd been a Leaver who thought we could simply opt out, clean break, just go, I'd be pretty annoyed, I guess.

I don't think anyone, politicians included, fully realized how contentious and complex it would turn out to be.

The longer it continues, the worse it is bound to become until some resolution can be found.

I think lots of people are aggressive and angry and always have been. Politics, like money and property can bring out the worst in people.

Going back to the promise of 'whatever you want for tea' analogy. Those who voted to leave were never promised "whatever you want" that just didn't have their listening ears on.

The scenes in the HoC for last 2 days have been worryingly unpleasant in the extreme. Johnson is not stupid, and neither is Cummings - and they know very well what they are doing. Whipping up fear- and distracting everything so not to answer any questions. Proroguing was their tool of choice, but it backfired, quite rightly. So this is the next tactic.

The papers, especially the gutter press, owned by Brexiteer tycoon who are making billions out of this crisis, and want to continue to tax evade and stash all in Tax Havens- without new EU Laws- are threatening violence, extreme violence. They are sickenly using the most vulnerable as canon fodder to be used to whip up black mailing violence.

This is seriously worrying, in a way that has never happened in this country. Half the country pitted agaisnt the other half- colleagues, neighbours, friends, families. It is called Civil War.

Lemons' solution? 'Take a chill pill'. Beyond comprehension.

Or 'The hysteria surrounding this whole dictatorship thing on GN is laughable.'

keep laughing ... and see.

'Take a chill pill' is an easy response to a difficult question. It's the sort of thing my 12 year old says when he's got nothing left or can't think of anything more to say - it's not worth giving any thought time to.

Why should any leaver contribute to this thread full of the same olds spewing the same old bile.
Sorry, we have more intellectual things to do ?

More intellectual than providing concrete information, joelsnan?

Do, please give me an intellectual reply then.

1. was the Referendum proven to be fraudulent by the Electoral Commission on several grounds?

2. Did Cameron have the right to promise that the Referendum would be implemented- when our Sovereign Laws stipulate clearly that, in the UK, all Ref are and can only ever be, adivsory (linked to question 1- as this is the reason they could not annul)

3. Were we, the People, not promised a great deal, an easy deal, the best deal and 350m a week extra fror the NHS?

4. Do we all, now, have a much much better understanding of the likely consequences of No Deal Brexit- on a huge number of hugely important issues?

5. Which Laws were imposed on us against our will by the EU, which people talk about all the time.

6. Will Deals with the USA, India, Australia, etc- be linked to poorer and possibly dangerous standards- and will they be linked to request for more immigration visas for those countries.

7. Who will be most affected by No Deal, the tycoons and the very rich, or the most vulnerable in society.

Lots more, but for now, I will leave it at this. I would be very grateful for answers. Thanks.

The take a chill pill message was not answering a question, difficult or otherwise SirC and jura it was a suggestion for
Angry remainers to calm down on GN ( they can still be angry in real life if they like.)

lemongrove if you can tell me which words or phrases in my post you find angry or contentious I will withdraw them. I acknowledge the toddler and meal analogy may be a bit far for some but I have been trying to find something which explains the very real abuse I have heard hurled at all sorts of people by Leavers and that seemed sort of appropriate The rest of my post is the facts of the situation, which I realise may not please some people but are not abusive or angry.