Salon: Embattled Whiteness Gave Us Brexit.

[Number23]

45. There are people racing around DU saying that Brexit was a rejection of the Third Way

For real. The Third Way. Who knew the Third Way had gone global??!

All of this is one of the many, many reason that so few take the "left" seriously. They seem to have absolutely no understanding of politics, no knowledge of history, and are quick as hell to embrace their enemies because of a rejection/adoption of some policy or ideal even if for COMPLETELY different and/or horrible reasons all while breaking their backs to alienate their allies.

Boris Johnson et al went out of their way to let it be known that Brexit was 99% based on rejecting immigrants and you've got white "leftists" in America trying their hardest to pretend that it was about every damn thing else. Even after the Leave folks OPENLY admitted that their campaign was based on xenophobia, racism and flat out lies, there are a number of "leftists" determined to pretend that it was about "sticking it to the 1%." And people of color and smart white folks see all of this and it's one of the many reasons that we keep these folks at arm's length.