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Yesterday I wrote about the small conservative South Carolina town that rebelled against their mayor in support of an openly gay police chief that he had fired. One of the lessons from the issue that I neglected to point out was that local activism will usually result in a more immediate change or have a stronger impact than trying to do the same at a statewide or national level. Enough local impact combined can then have a statewide impact and so too national impact down the road. After all, the local story about the police chief actually bubbled up to the national level. Liberals use the slogan "Think globally, act locally" to considerable effect.
Today I'm sharing another example of "All politics is local", with a different lesson attached to it.
