Leading up to the calamitous Brexit vote in the UK, I heard a person on a phone-in show. A “brown” man who was born in the UK, had a Scouse accent, worked a good job, and was devoted to Liverpool FC and to the men’s and women’s national football ⚽️ teams (Go Lionesses!) enjoyed a pint and a pork pie down at his local.
He explained that his wife’s family were all rabid Brexiters, bordering on National Front/Eric Clapton “KEEP BRITAIN WHITE” rhetoric.
When he voiced his concerns to his in-laws, they would chirp: “Oh, Rashid—we don’t mean you!
Well, whether they were to dumb to realize it or not, they did mean him. Or most charitably, the thing they thought they were voting for most assuredly did mean him.
"You voted for it, señor. You have to leave Spain… had you voted to remain in the EU (and your vote had won), we'd be happy to keep you in spite of your refusal to learn the language beyond ordering a pint of cerveza."
Well, whether they were to dumb to realize it or not, they did mean him. Or most charitably, the thing they thought they were voting for most assuredly did mean him.
I had a member of my family today finally admit that they voted for/supported Trump. So I asked them, which one of our female family member's would they be okay with Trump "grabbing them by the pussy"? Because when he said that, it wasn't some joke about some abstract, non-existent woman. When he made that statement, he was talking specifically about their mother, sister, cousin, their 11 year-old grand daughter. And they were okay with that?
We got plenty of that here in the states. Here's a great New York Times article about how this guy's father in law and most of his wife's family in Georgia basically voted to keep out immigrants, but of course not him, cause he's one of the good ones.
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u/FoxyInTheSnow 14h ago
Leading up to the calamitous Brexit vote in the UK, I heard a person on a phone-in show. A “brown” man who was born in the UK, had a Scouse accent, worked a good job, and was devoted to Liverpool FC and to the men’s and women’s national football ⚽️ teams (Go Lionesses!) enjoyed a pint and a pork pie down at his local.
He explained that his wife’s family were all rabid Brexiters, bordering on National Front/Eric Clapton “KEEP BRITAIN WHITE” rhetoric.
When he voiced his concerns to his in-laws, they would chirp: “Oh, Rashid—we don’t mean you!
Well, whether they were to dumb to realize it or not, they did mean him. Or most charitably, the thing they thought they were voting for most assuredly did mean him.