Honest and flawed personal perspective inbound.

I think either vote would have resulted in a spike in visible racism, how much who knows. But either case would have prompted the knuckle draggers into action. Either through misguided moral licensing/frustration/taking the opportunity or whatever. What I don't believe has happened is people suddenly became more racist overnight, there's just been a window of opportunity where someone took the chance to leave labels saying "go home polish vermin".

Is one camp more racist than the other, nobody really knows because overwhelmingly people acknowledge it's immoral and would never publicly admit such a thing even if it was their position. And anybody claiming absolutely that one is more racist than the other is simply displaying prejudice at best. You'll never get an accurate poll with the question "So, are you a racist?" Even if it's dressed up into a more acceptable question.

Both sides are guilty of snide insults, and those insults continue to fly from both sides. Sometimes subtle, sometimes blatant. Sometimes using vile insults, sometimes less offensive derogatory language.

It's going to be a long time before both camps come back together on this subject, and at the minute (living in a highly pro EU community) it's hard to see the remain camp coming round to the idea that xenophobia wasn't a major driver in this. As is usual these days they've effectively closed themselves off into their social echo chambers and are only hearing the voices that confirms their beliefs. Part of the reason I'm here tbh, I don't agree with many on this thread, but if I don't listen I'll lose understanding of your viewpoint.