to think the ageism because the old voted for Brexit is disgusting.

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It is 2016, the over 60's voted resoundingly in Brexit.

The young voted for Bremain.

However.... in 1975 today's over 60s were young people, and they voted heavily for Bremain, to stay within the Common Market. Those youthful Bremain voters have had the benefit of 40+ years of experience and have therefore changed their minds. Same people, different opinion.

AIBU to think it that the criticisms of the old for voting for Brexit are ageist nonsense (e.g., I have seen things such as saying that the young have longer to live, so their opinion counts more than some old people whom we will shortly have to bury anyway), and that elderly votes are every bit as valid as young ones.

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to be that you would have to be at least 92!!!!! I think the 92 year "out" voters are pretty thin on the ground !!!

It's all just a nonsense and, on top of that, to then have some truly foolish people say the vote should be lowered to 14 is breath-taking.

As if every young person was champing at the bit to vote, when most of then who can simply don't want to vote.

I think it has shone a light on our piss poor education system actually: they don't understand the importance of a vote and are probably ignorant of what people, in the UK, had to do in order to get it.

That's a kind explanation. if they did know and then, in that knowledge, chose not to use it they are self obsessed shits and really aren't fit to shovel shite.

More than 7 in 10 young people pissed on our democratic system, on the likes of the Chartists and Emily Wilding Davies. I don't really want to hear another word about them on the radio or the television. It is puffing up their own, already massive, sense of importance.

But I don't agree that by definition of not voting means they automatically are voting to leave. And they have every right to feel upset and angry.

The only thing they have a right to be angry about is at themselves for not being bothered to vote. Don't take it out on those that actually could be arsed.

Sorry wasps my sentence didn't make sense, I meant the younger bracket who DID vote have every right to be angry. Agree those that didn't vote cannot be pissed off, but I don't agree that those who didn't vote makes them auto leave. A lot of people stupidly thought we were safe in remaining.

It makes them Auto Don't Care, Juxta!