So the Democrat pendulum is swinging the other way again? I mean, the Fourteenth Amendment was bad news for Democrats back in the day, not Republicans.
Eh, but what does it matter? Both parties have sold out to the robber barons and international bankers, all while dangling that "you could be rich someday, too" carrot in front of the self-loathing masses. (That's never going to happen, but dolts watch TV and buy into it anyway.)
We have to work even harder and for less pay than our parents. This isn't a "suck it up, buttercup" moment. It's a "fůck you, I want my country back" moment. And while we're busy arguing over what some crooked candidate thinks about gay marriage, the crooks are running off with our savings.
So I really don't give a rip about political labels anymore, because trotting out one of those tired monikers only says, "I'm too lazy and stupid to change things, and besides, there's too much money to be made leaving things as they are, and now we should diss on the poor a little more."
-------------- Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.
I agree that sitting in a restaurant next to a table of smokers is not pleasant. And I used to be a smoker. But, smoking outside in the fresh air is totally different.
Although, if I owned a restaurant or a bar, and wanted to allow smoking, that would be up to me. If people chose not to patronize it, that would be my problem. Someway as working there. If a person chose not to work where smoking was allowed, no one is forcing them to work there.
We are losing more and more the right to make our own choices.