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I have met many people these days who openly state and believe that if enough people believe something it becomes a fact.

25Avalon

I have met many people these days who openly state and believe that if enough people believe something it becomes a fact.

Blimey that really is scary!

GrannyGravy13

25Avalon

I have met many people these days who openly state and believe that if enough people believe something it becomes a fact.

Blimey that really is scary!

Reminds me of something my sister once said about her gaslighting husband!

Beechnut

GrannyGravy13

25Avalon

I have met many people these days who openly state and believe that if enough people believe something it becomes a fact.

Blimey that really is scary!

Reminds me of something my sister once said about her gaslighting husband!

Whoops…once said to me.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

I think society as a whole has become totally polarised.
Black or white. No grey areas.
Such strong feelings:
Brexit.
Trump.
Israel.
Islam.
Labour.
Irregular migration.
You say one thing and it upsets another these days. 🤷‍♀️
I used to be more opinionated, but these days much less so.

I think it started with Brexit ( or the run up to it). Imo this country ( and it’s people) hasn’t been the same since .

I agree "Maybee70* Brexit split the country and the cracks have not healed.

I think it is that people now have the means to share their views and it is very shocking to some people that people hold different views to their own.

Galaxy

I think it is that people now have the means to share their views and it is very shocking to some people that people hold different views to their own.

There may well be an element of that for sure.

Back in my last city and before the Internet was widespread etc etc - and, if I'd been asked in say the 1980s for instance, what I thought people in Britain were like by and large - I'd have probably answered: "Many intelligent, a lot pretty liberal, most are middle-class, most have got good manners, most pretty open-minded and quite a few are political activists and overall live and let live".

Cue for decades later and living in small town in West Wales and the economy having changed a lot for the worse and politics having done some things I really do not approve of and I do have to literally look over my shoulder before I say anything to see if there's anyone standing nearby (as I've been leapt on and verbally bashed more than once for saying something no-one thought twice about back then and back there).

Galaxy

I think it is that people now have the means to share their views and it is very shocking to some people that people hold different views to their own.

Nice one Galaxy![smile}

my poor eyesight is a problem for me

I never come across any discussions/gossip/mention of Brexit whilst going about my daily life other than on GN. 🤷‍♀️

Me neither GG13 it’s old hat now.

I did.
The morning after the Referendum I was out for a dog walk and a friendly other dog walking woman came along and said"How are you?" I replied "I feel depressed about the Referendum result".

She accompanied me round the park explaining how the result was good for us all.

Ive to laugh at this. Gransnet has always had more than a few bullying posters, and there was either a pile- on to folk who disagreed with them or nothing was done. I don't get 'all the outrage' on here about aggressive posters as there has been more than a few. I very seldom post here.

Caleo the day after, even the weeks and a couple of months after the referendum of course people were discussing it.

The referendum was 9yr 4mths ago, far more interesting and important things to discuss in 2025.

If you are not a leftie and you don’t like Starmer - watch out. If you are a leftie and you don’t like Starmer - watch out.

GrannyGravy13

Caleo the day after, even the weeks and a couple of months after the referendum of course people were discussing it.

The referendum was 9yr 4mths ago, far more interesting and important things to discuss in 2025.

For a while but it's like flogging a dead horse now.

Allira

GrannyGravy13

Caleo the day after, even the weeks and a couple of months after the referendum of course people were discussing it.

The referendum was 9yr 4mths ago, far more interesting and important things to discuss in 2025.

For a while but it's like flogging a dead horse now.

The results of that referendum are still affecting us so why should it no longer be mentioned? I know someone that works at a university and, even though like many university staff are losing their jobs they’ve had to open a whole new department just to deal with all the paperwork that Brexit has created.

I agree. I’ve been away for a while because I used to get my head bitten off for just being there!

MayBee70

Allira

GrannyGravy13

Caleo the day after, even the weeks and a couple of months after the referendum of course people were discussing it.

The referendum was 9yr 4mths ago, far more interesting and important things to discuss in 2025.

For a while but it's like flogging a dead horse now.

The results of that referendum are still affecting us so why should it no longer be mentioned? I know someone that works at a university and, even though like many university staff are losing their jobs they’ve had to open a whole new department just to deal with all the paperwork that Brexit has created.

Yes, but we have to work with what we have now and try to achieve better relations with the EU in future instead of harking back with bitterness.

Purplepixie

I agree. I’ve been away for a while because I used to get my head bitten off for just being there!

I will make you a Teflon cloak.

GrannyGravy13

I never come across any discussions/gossip/mention of Brexit whilst going about my daily life other than on GN. 🤷‍♀️

Agreed.

Most have long ago moved on.

With a name like yours, PurplePixie, I'm sure you could dust off the rottweilers!

There are a few posters on here who are extremely arrogant and love to talk down to people. In the main, I try to ignore them. They answer posts they disagree with by asking more questions to try to steer the post in other directions too.

Allira

MayBee70

Allira

GrannyGravy13

Caleo the day after, even the weeks and a couple of months after the referendum of course people were discussing it.

The referendum was 9yr 4mths ago, far more interesting and important things to discuss in 2025.

For a while but it's like flogging a dead horse now.

The results of that referendum are still affecting us so why should it no longer be mentioned? I know someone that works at a university and, even though like many university staff are losing their jobs they’ve had to open a whole new department just to deal with all the paperwork that Brexit has created.

Yes, but we have to work with what we have now and try to achieve better relations with the EU in future instead of harking back with bitterness.

I wonder how much sympathy there was for people who lost their jobs and companies / homes to cheap Labour when the eu allowed 10 countries to join in just one year.