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Tea kettle panic. Nice line in sarcasm, belitting and invalidation of an entire group of people. By people who don't even live here and thus have no direct experience.

Invalidation and belittling of the situation of an entire group of people is what others do to autistics, am I right? Well you just became as bad as those other people.

EU directives govern far more consequential matters than the power of an electric tea kettle. Like how business can run, what we do with our roads, whether or not we allow to live here a convicted murderer on welfare, and are not allowed to deport him even when he murders again here, over a clean-record American or South American or Japanese with desirable skills but who doesn't meet other requirements not asked of EU citizens.

Go read some real points of view by fair and balanced non-racist people far cleverer than I am at explaining THE REAL SITUATION, who wanted out, and I don't mean Nigel Farage, who is a complete embarrassment.

You in the US would never allow to happen what the EU has done through the back door. Yet you criticize a nation who decided enough is enough of being reamed in the rear.

I hope you're not tarring me with that great big american sized brush.

Why do people like George Carlin so much? I can't stand the guy, personally LOL

I don't know whether to laugh or cry about the EU vote.

Listening to a phone-in programme the day after, I heard the first caller (who voted 'Leave') say that she didn't have a clue what to vote for, or what the issues were, and in fact didn't make up her mind which way to go until she was inside the polling booth (she didn't explain what decided her). The second person also said she had no idea what any of the issues were, and had asked the sage advice of her brother, who had told her "Probably better in than out".

Many people on the 'Remain' side have noticed over the years that all countries who have voted against EU treaties or policies over the last 20 years have been made to vote again, because they originally gave the 'wrong' answer. Consequently such people are now demanding a second referendum, and I think they'll probably get one....

BBC: Thousands at 'March for Europe' Brexit protest
I think you may be right.

Notice they turned off the comment system. When they left on the comment system as the BBC was confused why so many voted to leave it was almost all Anti EU. So well publications liked to say before the vote and now that the people who want to leave the EU are a minority of people a majority of people voted to leave the EU.

I realize that I'm an American, and this is therefore a very American point of view.

I farther realize that I'm a hillbilly and an Aspie, and therefore this is a point of view that favors, somewhat, the narrative of rugged individualism.

I am also getting older; I remember, albeit dimly and through the eyes of a very young child, a time before globalism was everything.

Honestly, I think a few steps back from globalism might benefit us all. Fewer people demanding to be carried, yes-- but also less exportation of a very Western idea of what life should look like.

Less remote control and less cultural imperialism sound appealing to me.

But I guess that's just one antisocial, uneducated hick talking.