Quite frankly, I'm tired of this argument it's for the children. That's Bravo Sierra. I grew up with it and am in perfect health.
I'm with you all the way.
It totally freaks me out that a truly miniscule minority, can get legislation introduced and passed in some places to protect their (alleged) rights against the wishes of the majority just by manipulation of the media and vast sums of money. Yet are screaming bloody mary about another minority doing the exact same thing.
The first minority group are the anti smokers, the second minority group are the gay rights activists.
The 2 americas you describe, basically already exist.......the anti-smokers and those that either smoke or don't care about it.
It's very sad.
You left out the biggest group of hypocrits, those that smoke tobacco, and support prisoning those that smoke other leaves.