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aninhumer on Nov 9, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: The smug style in American liberalism

Hmm, I thought the "silly question" was the referendum, but maybe you meant that's the silly answer?

I thought you were blaming the public, but if you're primarily blaming the politicians then I agree.

foldr on Nov 9, 2016 [–]

Sorry, I'm not sure what you're getting at. I think that it was silly of David Cameron to hold a referendum, and I think it was silly of the British electorate to vote to leave.

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