This has been bothering me for awhile now so I'm gonna rant, please forgive me.
Medical marijuana is a partisan issue. If Republican politicians are not outright against medical marijuana, they are at best in favor of overly strict regulations on dispensaries, especially if they operate at profit.
This is a very curious position for Republicans if you have at least a general knowledge of world history and politics. There has always been a "conservative" vs. "liberal" political debate, no matter what country or what century you are talking about. In America, we have Republicans vs. Democrats, so that's what I'm focusing on right now.
Republicans, or political "conservatives" are usually heard defending States' rights (as opposed to Federal gov't) and "laissez-faire" economics. Curiously, they abandon, no less betray, these two cornerstones of their political philosophy to attack medical marijuana.
In San Diego, the Republican District Attorney, Bonnie Dumanis, continues to raid medical marijuana dispensaries despite the Federal "truce" since President Obama's election. This is in spite of budget cuts when tax revenue from medical marijuana could help both the county and the state.
So why do Republicans hate marijuana so much? Think about Woodstock and the 1960s. How many pot-smoking Republicans have you ever met? Not many, if any. And THAT, my friends, is why Republicans really fear marijuana, whether it be legalized for medical reasons or not. Because they fear it 'liberalizes' the conscience. I'd be surprised if any Republicans even realize why they are against medical marijuana. Political conservatives are typically angry, bitter people. They don't like to admit it though. But if you have been perplexed as to why this seems to be a partisan issue, now you know. At least I think I have figured it out.
Neo-Cons (The modern Republican Party, IE The Establishment) hate weed. They don't want to see it legalized because it will dig into the Pharma's and the DEA's bottom line.
Pretty easy, not too much to discuss beyond that as it doesn't take a genius to figure that out.
Now, why? That is the question I like to answer and ponder on.
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Nope, you only made your assumptions regarding my statements clear.
What I said needs no interpretation, if it wasn't expressed then it wasn't implied. You are a bit presumptuous in your judgment.
Like I said... If you don't believe there are underemployed people who cannot find a higher paying job in their field, and unemployed people who cannot find a job in their field, and people with college degrees who are flipping burgers or laying sod because the job market is shit... then you don't get out enough or don't get out far enough.
Having desire and determination and a skill set, does not guarantee you'll get a job that pays enough to feed a family. You might like to imagine we live in a utopia where poverty is a lifestyle choice, but that isn't the reality.
Your opinion and mine varies on this topic as I do believe that anyone who puts there mind to it can be successful. I understand thats my opinion and not necessarily the reality.
Remember your the one that labeled me a republican for disagreeing with you... presumptive certainly. We all make presumptions when you say your a liberal then I take that as handouts(compassion) because thats what I see liberals doing on a regular basis.
Let me guess(that means presume) you think a 'good job' is a right like 'health care'. We just come from two different schools of thought as I tried to explain earlier you would need some understanding of natural law to understand my political philosophy. Rights are things that cannot be taken away nor given only lent to the goverment. I dont remember lending my healthcare, education, and work rights to the goverment. They are privaledges and should be treated as such. Nobody is entitled to a nice home a picket fence 2 kids 2 cars a wife ... you need to work your ass off for that stuff and you just might get it.
Nope I don't think a good job is a right.
See you don't have a clue about me, and the better part of your assumptions are off base...
You were educated by your government, unless you attended private school (in which case your mentality is fully explained), But I don't think education is a right or priveledge... It is a responsibility, and being lucky enough to live in a country which provides education for everyone anyone who does not become educated is irresponsible.
If it wasn't a TOU violation I'd post up what you privately labeled me as, prior to me mistaking you (a conservative libertarian) for a republican... It's just that if I took you and 4 republicans, put you in a hat, shook it up and dumped you all out, there'd be no way to tell the difference between you.
Natural law is some imaginary concept.
Your entire post is off topic. Smoking marijuana should be a right, but I guess republicans put the right to grow and smoke cannabis right there with the right to a basic level of health care.... Hell I think there should be a public option subsidizing mmj.
Look folks, you may have some evidence of republican politicians voting against MMJ
That's YOUR stupid babbling, nothing more. Nobody brings that spin to the debate except you. Absolute mentality, the thing you're famous for.but to make a blanket statement that the reason we don't have pot legalized is due to republicans is...well....it's fucking stupid babbling, and nothing more.
Sorry, this isn't a love/hate poll. When you find enough Democratic lawmakers that oppose reform like all the Republican lawmakers posted in this thread, you'll have an argument. Until then you're just whining.I know lots and lots of democrats that hate pot. You do too.
When Republicans seek public office and proceed to obstruct mj reform, your comment above is about as moot as it gets.One thing to think about...perhaps the republicans you know are a good bit smarter than many of you are in that they don't fit the mold. Maybe they are smart enough to conceal their clandestine activities to a point that you don't really know they conduct them?
Then you and your friends will be wise to educate yourselves about your respective representatives. Check their stance on mj reform or you may regret who you vote for. Pay particular attention to Republicans. They're particularly the ones making the news and thwarting reform.I know for a fact that I do not fit the mold, and folks would not assume me to be a pot smoker. But I am, and have been for longer than many here have been drawing breath in.
I have lots and lots of conservative friends who also enjoy and partake in weed, and would enjoy seeing it legalized, or at least decriminalized.
And you're full of it. The op never psychoanalyzed Republicans, they brought current events to back up their statements. Unlike your "I am sure is just a kid" worthy assumptions. You are the poster-boy of "unfounded prejudice", hypocrisy and projection.Hell, the OP I am sure is just a kid...but he offers up his own unfounded prejudice of what he "thinks" a conservative looks and acts like.
Go back and read again. Republican lawmakers are thwarting reform. Then go stick your head back in the sand.They apparently looked "privileged". That tells me all I need to know about how screwed up the OP's mindset is.
After really taking a good look at what his bitch was, I find that he is simply experiencing angst because his little town didn't approve a MMJ dispensary.
Now that's a bunch of crap, the whole thing. Republican lawmakers are thwarting reform and you're defending it, plain and simple. You can deny or you can defend but you can't do both, unless you're just striving for consistency, lol.Two of the three council members were registered republicans, so automatically the problem is because of republicans. Although I read the whole thing including the minutes of the meeting that has Jr pissed off, and the reasons they stated were valid, and were not MJ specific reasons. Other than there was no demand for a dispensary in their town at present.
I asked the cry baby how far he has to travel to the nearest dispensary for a cut...and he refused to answer. Must be nice to bitch about having to drive a few miles to buy some weed, huh?
I think the bottom line to this whole thread is a pissed off kid wanting to take it out on someone. Probably should learn something while he is here throwing around his unfounded charges...like learning to grow his own pot and stop worrying about his town having a dispensary.
Your parents and grandparents are more to blame than any political party today.
Go blame them.
Education is a privilege, in that sense, and to carry your logic further, the right of every american according to law, and apparently a natural right too, since no one can stop me from learning. but being all of those things is less important than the responsibility.
Let me ask you this....
If I should expect to receive nothing from society, this means I personally owe society nothing?
What is the purpose then of society?
I could most assuredly prevent you from slapping me in any manner, btw.
Sometimes you go so far out there it isn't even funny, gramps.
Cant really speak for him but my interpretation was he was saying that "the only reason MJ is illegal is republicans" was bs.
But only elected lawmakers write the laws and reform is being thwarted, mostly by republicans.I dont think he was saying "Republicans have nothing to do with the illegality of cannabis". If he was saying the latter then I agree. I think progressives , big pharma, gp,media, republicans, and a host of others in no paticular order share plenty of blame both in its original illegalization as well as its continued illegalization.