Apparently, even the conservative New York Post--or at least Scott Johnston, the author of a recent article--supports lowering the drinking age to 18. And yet, very few progressives and Democrats will openly come out in favor of doing such. In fact, many support Tobacco 21 laws these days (along with some Republicans too). So what gives?
In the USA, it seems that even many self-proclaimed progressives are not as progressive as they claim to be, and we already know that most Democrats are now neoliberal corporate shills at best. And of course, we know there are plenty of "third way" New Democrats that are closet (or not so closet) authoritarians in many ways.
It would be truly Kafkaesque if one day Republicans become seen as the party of youth rights, something they are not exactly know for, and the Democrats seen as the (selectively) puritanical prude lobby. So the Dems need to do a serious gut check if they want to win elections in the future.
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ReplyDeleteThe Republican Party will not become the party of youth rights but then again, we're not single issue voters.
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