Over the weekend I watch the Ken Burns Prohibition documentary and it was interesting to see the similarities from the two sides in that wedge issue. A lot of the stubbornness to change from zero tolerance from the the anti-saloon side mirrors the NRA. The NRA game plan is right out of the anti-saloon playbook.
In the end their refusal to move from their extreme zero tolerance stance caused previous supporters to change sides and and rally against them. "Ballots are like bayonets".
It is interesting to see things play out in a similar fashion.
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