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Did Alison Moyet have the most civilised Brexit discussion the internet has ever seen?

Oonagh Keating. Updated August 7th, 2018

If there’s one thing guaranteed to start a row on the internet – and there is – it’s Brexit. In fact, Brexit, the EU, anything to do with the original referendum, the prospect of a second referendum – oh, and Jaffa Cakes – are all likely to bring down Trollmageddon on any brave or foolish enough to mention them.

So, when singer Alison Moyet recently shared her opinion on having a referendum on whatever Brexit deal the negotiators hammer out, she must have been prepared for some strongly worded replies.

This is what she said.

Of course, not everyone agreed.

But one woman simply responded with a question.

And they then had what normal society calls “a polite debate” and Twitter calls – no, wait – Twitter doesn’t call it anything because it doesn’t know what it is.

See – it can be done. People loved how the conversation had played out.

Of course, as someone who isn’t afraid to speak her mind, Alison is used to opposition on Twitter and generally handles it with good grace, even when it’s a Twitter pile-on because she’s complained about flies, which you can read about here.

We’d love to think that this exchange heralded a more reasonable approach to internet debates, but we’re not putting money on it.

H/T Indy100