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Trying to extrapolate how people would feel about a new law based solely on the existence of a similar law is disingenuous at best. You're ignoring that the law

Trying to extrapolate how people would feel about a new law based solely on the existence of a similar law is disingenuous at best. You're ignoring that the law was massively unpopular, was seldom enforced, almost never respected, and it was the only amendment to have been repealed. Saying that Americans would take a ban on tobacco because they banned alcohol doesn't hold up because alcohol was never actually banned. The law existed, yes, but alcohol was always available to pretty much everyone. Repealing a constitutional amendment is massively difficult. That should tell you a lot about how Americans felt about it. I'm saying prohibition is a perfect example of why Americans won't support a total ban on tobacco because it very explicitly and very definitively shows how much they did not support a total ban on alcohol. They hated the ban so much that they had to change the constitution. You can't get any more definitive than that.

rufus_foreman 4y ago
>> Repealing a constitutional amendment is massively difficult But passing one isn't? Massively unpopular? Please tell me how a massively unpopular law ever becomes a constitutional amendment. It does not happen. "Ratification was achieved on January 16, 1919 when Nebraska became the 36th of the 48 states to ratify the amendment. On January 29, acting secretary of state Frank L. Polk certified the ratification. By 1922, 46 states had ratified the amendment. The following states ratified the amendment: Mississippi: January 7, 1918 Virginia: January 11, 1918 Kentucky: January 14, 1918 North Dakota: January 25, 1918 South Carolina: January 29, 1918 Maryland: February 13, 1918 Montana: February 19, 1918 Texas: March 4, 1918 Delaware: March 18, 1918 South Dakota: March 20, 1918 Massachusetts: April 2, 1918 Arizona: May 24, 1918 Georgia: June 26, 1918 Louisiana: August 3, 1918 Florida: November 27, 1918 Michigan: January 2, 1919 Ohio: January 7, 1919 Oklahoma: January 7, 1919 Idaho: January 8, 1919 Maine: January 8, 1919 West Virginia: January 9, 1919 California: January 13, 1919 Tennessee: January 13, 1919 Washington: January 13, 1919 Arkansas: January 14, 1919 Illinois: January 14, 1919 Indiana: January 14, 1919 Kansas: January 14, 1919 Alabama: January 15, 1919 Colorado: January 15, 1919 Iowa: January 15, 1919 New Hampshire: January 15, 1919 Oregon: January 15, 1919 North Carolina: January 16, 1919 Utah: January 16, 1919 Nebraska: January 16, 1919 Missouri: January 16, 1919 Wyoming: January 16, 1919 Minnesota: January 17, 1919 Wisconsin: January 17, 1919 New Mexico: January 20, 1919 Nevada: January 21, 1919 New York: January 29, 1919 Vermont: January 29, 1919 Pennsylvania: February 25, 1919 New Jersey: March 9, 1922" Massively unpopular. That's your actual argument. Massively unpopular.
- rolenthedeep 4y ago
  You're still hanging your entire argument on the mere existence of the law and ignoring the reality of the situation. You should read into the history of the law, because the facts disagree with you.

rufus_foreman 4y ago

>> Repealing a constitutional amendment is massively difficult But passing one isn't? Massively unpopular? Please tell me how a massively unpopular law ever becomes a constitutional amendment. It does not happen. "Ratification was achieved on January 16, 1919 when Nebraska became the 36th of the 48 states to ratify the amendment. On January 29, acting secretary of state Frank L. Polk certified the ratification. By 1922, 46 states had ratified the amendment. The following states ratified the amendment: Mississippi: January 7, 1918 Virginia: January 11, 1918 Kentucky: January 14, 1918 North Dakota: January 25, 1918 South Carolina: January 29, 1918 Maryland: February 13, 1918 Montana: February 19, 1918 Texas: March 4, 1918 Delaware: March 18, 1918 South Dakota: March 20, 1918 Massachusetts: April 2, 1918 Arizona: May 24, 1918 Georgia: June 26, 1918 Louisiana: August 3, 1918 Florida: November 27, 1918 Michigan: January 2, 1919 Ohio: January 7, 1919 Oklahoma: January 7, 1919 Idaho: January 8, 1919 Maine: January 8, 1919 West Virginia: January 9, 1919 California: January 13, 1919 Tennessee: January 13, 1919 Washington: January 13, 1919 Arkansas: January 14, 1919 Illinois: January 14, 1919 Indiana: January 14, 1919 Kansas: January 14, 1919 Alabama: January 15, 1919 Colorado: January 15, 1919 Iowa: January 15, 1919 New Hampshire: January 15, 1919 Oregon: January 15, 1919 North Carolina: January 16, 1919 Utah: January 16, 1919 Nebraska: January 16, 1919 Missouri: January 16, 1919 Wyoming: January 16, 1919 Minnesota: January 17, 1919 Wisconsin: January 17, 1919 New Mexico: January 20, 1919 Nevada: January 21, 1919 New York: January 29, 1919 Vermont: January 29, 1919 Pennsylvania: February 25, 1919 New Jersey: March 9, 1922" Massively unpopular. That's your actual argument. Massively unpopular.

rolenthedeep 4y ago
You're still hanging your entire argument on the mere existence of the law and ignoring the reality of the situation. You should read into the history of the law, because the facts disagree with you.