It ' s a loselose . We tried convincing people prereferendum with facts and discussion and were told we were either EU lap dogs , liars or that people were tired of experts . They merrily lapped up the lies from the leave campaigns and the eurosceptic papers and now refuse to hear 48 % of the population out . I ' m tired of being told I have to pander to racists , xenophobes and straight up morons . The disenfranchised , antiestablishment with the EU to blame for all their problems . Voting for somethign different because , well , it ' s different so it must be better . They wouldn ' t listen to reason then and they won ' t listen to reason now . I give up trying to have a discussion with them . They ' ve discounted my vote as unimportant , my facts and fears as scaremongering and my education and intelligence as elitism .