Twitter bood de afgelopen dagen een aardig kijkje in de krachten die het Brexit-referendum heeft losgemaakt. Een kleine selectie:
@howgilb well they’ve got ’their ‘country back. Just didn’t realise it was 1930s Germany pic.twitter.com/pS2E8ISR71
— fencelt (@howgilb) June 25, 2016
So less than 20 hrs after Brexit results announced, I have the pleasure of being called “a Paki c*nt in a suit” by a homeless man.
— Banking Buddha (@TheBuddhaSmiled) June 24, 2016
Just a taster of the hate speech #PolesinUK have been facing from triumphant #Brexit-ers over the last 48 hours pic.twitter.com/FcLKbRqFQp
— Jakub Krupa (@JakubKrupa) June 25, 2016
Vermin is now being used to describe immigrants.#Brexit has legitimised racism; legitimised fascism.
This is just the beginning.#NotaBene— John Bull (@larrymeath) June 25, 2016
My home town of Newcastle. This afternoon. I feel like I am back in the 1980s. pic.twitter.com/8THD1xsn1N
— David Olusoga (@DavidOlusoga) June 25, 2016
En zo gaat het maar door. En door. En door. En domlinks – de Internationale Socialisten en Harry van Bommel bijvoorbeeld – viert dit als een overwinning. Nog bedankt, sukkels.
“You may not be racist, but when your decision empowers racists, the impact is the same. You’ve done their job. Your beliefs are meaningless”.
