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EU Referendum Link-y
Jun. 19th, 2016 11:49 amI've not actively commented, posted, shared over the EU issue.
In part this is because as an ideological pro-European (yes, I really do want a Euro state (improved where it's not doing well) with greater regional autonomy beneath and to **** with the Westminster lot) it's not much point engaging in a debate: my position is as entrenched as the extremists on the other side; it's not in arguing the details, as they don't matter as much as the principal; it's not about the financial costs or benefits, as I'd be voting remain even if the UK were making a huge net contribution; it's an article of political faith.
In part, it's also because the virulent, vicious, mindless way in which the debate has gone or how it has been portrayed (Jo Cox' murder, I feel, might not have happened without the fanning of certain appalling extreme political fires). The two are hard to separate: if there is reasoned debate I've failed to see it--or it hasn't been given prominence through my sources of information.
I have a lot of sympathy for folk who are actively going on a social media hiatus for the duration. And I'm wishing that I'd got a postal vote so I could be done with it sooner.
But, in an attempt to participate in a sane way, I share this link: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FUniversityofLiverpool%2Fvideos%2F1293361974024537%2F
It comes courtesy of a fellow Ravelry user (yes, even on knitting forums the debate goes on).
And tomorrow I shall go to the Union Society to watch the debate organised by some of Looby Loo's fellow students (and that's another thing: my 17-year old who has no say on this and who will live with its consequences far longer than I will is so frustrated).
Then I shall continue to be terribly afraid. Sick to my stomach.
Edited to make link work.
In part this is because as an ideological pro-European (yes, I really do want a Euro state (improved where it's not doing well) with greater regional autonomy beneath and to **** with the Westminster lot) it's not much point engaging in a debate: my position is as entrenched as the extremists on the other side; it's not in arguing the details, as they don't matter as much as the principal; it's not about the financial costs or benefits, as I'd be voting remain even if the UK were making a huge net contribution; it's an article of political faith.
In part, it's also because the virulent, vicious, mindless way in which the debate has gone or how it has been portrayed (Jo Cox' murder, I feel, might not have happened without the fanning of certain appalling extreme political fires). The two are hard to separate: if there is reasoned debate I've failed to see it--or it hasn't been given prominence through my sources of information.
I have a lot of sympathy for folk who are actively going on a social media hiatus for the duration. And I'm wishing that I'd got a postal vote so I could be done with it sooner.
But, in an attempt to participate in a sane way, I share this link: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FUniversityofLiverpool%2Fvideos%2F1293361974024537%2F
It comes courtesy of a fellow Ravelry user (yes, even on knitting forums the debate goes on).
And tomorrow I shall go to the Union Society to watch the debate organised by some of Looby Loo's fellow students (and that's another thing: my 17-year old who has no say on this and who will live with its consequences far longer than I will is so frustrated).
Then I shall continue to be terribly afraid. Sick to my stomach.
Edited to make link work.
