There are numerous good reasons to be disappointed by the outcome of the British vote on European Union membership. To be stripped of political rights, work and opportunities for friendship and love are very serious harms indeed. In the meantime, racist and xenophobic incidents in Britain are on the rise and Europe’s 50-plus year experiment in institutionalized cooperation has taken a major hit.
But the reasons frequently given for opposing the outcome of the British referendum have not all been so reasonable. Here are 3:
1) “The sheeple voted against their interests.”
