I don’t drink, and now my personal temperance is demonized and ridiculed. I know from experience. Even from other so-called “Christians.”
The temperance movement had a point. Either alcohol would be controlled, or it would control.
Flame on.
Nobody is demonizing your temperance. If you read the rest of the article, you’d see that he talks about prohibiting sitting at the table talking and ordering drinks after a meal, even coffee klatches at McDonalds, social gatherings of any sort, and preventing people from talking to each other by enforcing mask orders. Bars were traditionally a place where men sat and talked to each other on the issues of the day, and thus are perceived as a special threat to the state.
This has nothing to do with pushing “temperance.” He’s talking about how prohibiting alcohol serving at various places is being used as a means of stifling public gatherings and discussion that might lead to the revolt of the deplorables.
And he makes a very good point...that is exactly what I have always thought the shut-down of bars and alcohol serving restaurants was all about.
Same here
I don't drink either, but I am not a teetotaler like you seem to be. I just can't drink much, even water
You're not alone.
I rarely drink but certainly don’t mind those who do, in a self controlled manner. Sadly both sides of my family are heavy drinkers. They don’t drink ever day but when they do they dont stop till they fall over. On my wife’s side they drink regularly and don’t seem to have an off switch when they have had enough. My kids have had to battle with both problems. It has turned me off drinking at all.t
I don't drink either, nor have I ever felt demonized or ridiculed. Yes, I read the article. Pennsylvania's and New York's rules on food with booze are insane puritan meddling, done for the sole reason that the governors can.
I salute your personal temperance. It’s only a problem when someone says “no one should drink because of my personal convictions.”
That’s when temperance turns into religious legalism, which doesnt seem to be your case. I’ve not had a beer in about 100 days, my personal record for the past 25 years.
You are sadly confused between your right to abstain without evoking raised eyebrows—and the righteousness of forcing everyone else to abstain.
I think the final line of this article might be intended for you.
Oh, you poor baby. How do you cope? I suggest counseling.