I think that the cartoonist who drew Carry Nation attacking a saloon had an unfavorable opinion. Carry Nation believed in prohibition; the banning of alcohol. Although she would walk into saloons and yell at customers, using her hatchet to destroy the alcohol, the cartoon seems to be over exaggerated.
In the cartoon, items that weren't bottles of alcohol were also destroyed. The cartoonist made Carry Nation appear as a crazy lady who would totally wreck places, when really she would try to send the message across to stop the consumption of alcohol. The faces on the people in the saloon also show an unfavorable opinion of Carry Nation's "attacks" on saloons. The men in the picture appear to be extremely frightened, while hiding behind counters and walls, as if they were afraid for their lives. Not only are smashed bottles of alcohol on the floor, but the mirrors and pictures have also been tampered with. Clearly, Carry Nation did not bother to destroy any other item besides liquor because she had her heart set on banning alcoholic beverages. One of the best ways that Carry Nation, and other prohibitionists, could have dealt with trying to ban alcoholic beverages was to make alliances with the people they were trying to change, not enemies.
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