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Many Leave voters have died

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a few remain voters have switched sides

I once met a left brexiteer who said, he voted Remain but now he sees that all the conservative politicians are voted out of their office because they can't blame the EU anymore. So that's a possible position as well.

For context: This is a few years ago so he might have changed his opinion by now. Also, he lives in continental Europe (like me) so he's less effected by the Brexit.

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Radicalize the frogs 🐸

That's a very short version of Niemöller's text. The original doesn't even include Jews because it was written even before the Reichtsprogromnacht. The text is called "Schuldgeständnis" (confession of guilt) because it really is autobiographical. Later in life, he was part of the peace movement but he stayed a homophob all his life. Enough fun facts for now.

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That's not how language works. Language isn't as systematic as you seem to assume. The meme is being inclusive, distancing from LGB groups by explicitly mentioning trans