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Sunday, September 23, 2018

The Banality of Evil

Why is it that, despite all of those who fight against raising the latest age limits, after losing the battle, most of them suddenly go quiet? I mean, the silence is truly deafening, as we saw after they raised the drinking age to 21 in the 1980s as well as the smoking age to 21 in recent years in some states and localities.

The answer is the "banality of evil", that is, it becomes normalized. Just like every other form of tyranny and oppression, most people simply adapt to it. And that is very dangerous, as history has so painfully shown time and time again. History may not exactly repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme.

All the more reason to redouble our efforts, yesterday. So what are we waiting for?

What does the U.S. Constitution Say?

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

--Tenth Amendment

"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

--Fourteenth Amendment

"The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age."

--26th Amendment

And for those who still deny that liberty and equal protection includes the right to drink legally:

"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."

--Ninth Amendment

(Emphasis added)

What about Honest Abe?

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."

"It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues."

"Prohibition...goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control mans' appetite through legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not even crimes... A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our Government was founded."

"Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties."

"Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors."

"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."

--Abraham Lincoln

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Neither Twenty-One Debunked nor the True Spirit of America Party advocates or endorses drinking (or other substance use) of any kind, underage or otherwise. Nor do we advocate the violation of any existing law. The purpose of the blog is to provide factual information about the effects of the drinking age, taken primarily from third-party sources, as well as to advocate changes in alcohol and drug laws. We cannot guarantee information from any third-party source to be free from errors or omissions, and make no such claim.

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