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In reply to the discussion: Marijuana is not a single-issue issue. [View all]Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)74. Imagine you had put up an OP saying Waaah! about anti choice, forced birth policies..
Craniums would have been a poppin' here on DU and your OP would have been lit up like a medium sized star with flames demanding your family jewels be sacrificed to the Earth Mother.
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That's correct. Life and philosophy and industry and politics are all interconnected webs.
RadiationTherapy
May 2012
#6
In that sense, I agree with you, and I am one who criticized someone yesterday....
Scuba
May 2012
#13
You might want to double check your statement that marijuana has not been in use as long as alcohol
Bjorn Against
May 2012
#59
Tell the 858,408 who were prosecuted for it in 2009 how minute an issue it is.
bluedigger
May 2012
#11
Ask that student who got locked up and tortured for four days if he thinks this is
Hissyspit
May 2012
#25
drinking one's own urine to stay alive feels more like torture than hyperbole
DisgustipatedinCA
May 2012
#47
You make it sound MORE macabre by trying to minimize it. This is a PERSON'S LIFE.
Romulox
May 2012
#41
I couldn't agree with you more. My observation is that there are no "single issue" issues, only
WheelWalker
May 2012
#15
People who say that are really saying they favor the War on Drugs. It's passive aggressive.
Romulox
May 2012
#37
I apologize for forgetting such a critical part of the picture. Dammit.
RadiationTherapy
May 2012
#53
Agreed, but it's not a make or break when it comes to supporting President Obama. n/t
cynatnite
May 2012
#50
He's still the lesser of evils - but he's definitely evil (corrupt) on this issue.
polichick
May 2012
#77
Imagine you had put up an OP saying Waaah! about anti choice, forced birth policies..
Fumesucker
May 2012
#74
Are people supposed to ignore the amazing level of hypocrisy and lack of self reflection?
Fumesucker
May 2012
#87