Way back in the day, there was the temperance movement. These are people who believed alcohol was evil and should be purged from our nation. They pushed for prohibition and eventually got their way with the Volstead Act.
We all know what kind of a disaster that was.
You simply cannot impose your own views of morality on people regarding things that are ultimately none of your business without there being some kind of blowback.
Which brings me to the term “woke.”
I’ve written a lot about woke things and woke thinking, but it seems at least one “thinker” on the right is all but advocating for a return to the temperance movement days by calling alcohol woke.
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