AFAIK these threads have gone back to before the referendum. I joined a few years back. Most of what I saw were informed, evidenced, and thoughtful arguments about how, on balance, remaining in the EU was better than leaving it. There were arguments about trade, about the impact on NI, on policing, on research, on governance and joint governing bodies, on finance, on FOM, on workers rights, and animal and human health standards etc etc etc.
None of those arguments, absolutely none of them changed any Leaver’s mind. In fact, there were a whole series of counter threads simply stating their preference to leave. The gap between reasons for staying and reasons for leaving was/is unreconcilable.
It is not my responsibility to try to convince friends who voted leave to change their minds, which for them seemed to stem from a sort of ‘you can’t tell me what to do’ set of arguments or immigration or fears of a EU-wide army (which might come in handy about now). In the immediate aftermath, most of them had no personal immediate impact so didn’t feel the consequences of their vote.
However, I will admit to reminding them that they voted for it when bits here and there are slowly but negatively impacting on them. Petty perhaps but I am frustrated at their intransigence in light of all the damn evidence that leaving was going to create a shit show for most. Also frustrated that they voted for this Tory government when even died in the wool Tories were saying not to vote for Johnson.
Yet here we are…