Faith vs Facts a comment on the Brexit
After reviewing the recent commentary on the referendum of the UK to leave the EU one is faced with a certain problematic based on a comparison. But first we have to look at the two arguments of the texts. One thing that is immediately obvious is the structure of the arguments. While the campaign promoting the Brexit is using a lot of sentimental quotes like “Our democracy stood the test of time” the opposition is using nearly excessive amounts of numbers and statistics. This establishes a structure that winds itself through the whole argument. While the one speaks nonchalantly about new potential trade deals the other points out how complicated these will be to make and while the one admits the obvious fault of the EU systems is the same overly vilified by the other. To the avid newsreader this passion versus facts campaign is not new at all. Only a little over a year ago the Scotland independence campaign used the same tropes. But oddly enough now the argument is reversed. While before the “better together” campaign had little more arguments then a barrage of sentimental reasons it is now the Brexit campaign who seem to lack the numbers and resort to nostalgia to promote their cause. We can therefore look with interest on the coming decision of the British people. Previously sentimentalism triumphed over the hard facts time will tell if this was a precedence of things to come.
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