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The poster is a poser.

I beg to differ with you, I have been a conservative since I was a kid in high school in the 1970's, when it was distinctly un-cool. You may not like my brand of conservatism, but that does not make me a poser.

Why is a concern for health and safety incompatible with conservatism? The Republicans do not stand for allowing people to sell adulterated food or marijuana; how does this differ from tobacco? Saying 'because it's legal' is begging the question. I say it shouldn't be legal, except in one's own home, for the very same reasons that almost all conservatives believe that other drugs should be regulated.

If you deny the power of government to regulate health and safety issues in places of public accommodation, then you left the Republican party about eighty years ago and are now in the province of radical Libertarians.

-ccm

If you deny the power of government to regulate health and safety issues in places of public accommodation,

Ahh, the old "once you operate a business on property, it becomes public property" argument. That dog don't hunt here. If I own property, I own it, and make the rules that GUESTS must abide by.

Your social experiment has already been tried in history ccmay. There was a segment of the population that was banned from entering certain buildings, not allowed to mingle in restraunts, and discriminated in hiring and benefits. Why did this happen? Were they smokers? No, the were German Jews.

Based on your analogies and statements, Hitler was right. Claiming to be a conservative is one thing, aligning with the wingnut socialist left disqualifies you however in my book and many others, I'm sure.