Bob Franken: Brexit Exit

Millions of Brits are petitioning for another referendum, a chance to reconsider their majority decision to exit the European Union. It seems that so many of those who cast their ballots to leave now admit that they did not have the slightest idea what the issue was all about, and that they were ignorant about what their vote meant.

It is easy to chortle about that, to yuck it up over those stupid sheep so easily led into self-destructive behavior just because they were frightened and angry. They were easy prey for the demagogues, who prodded them into their darkest instincts. They were led in...