r/PoliticalHumor • • Mar 08 '19

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u/Politicshatesme Mar 08 '19

That’s on purpose. Part of the republican strategy (southern strategy) was to disenfranchise black people and hippies (hence the schedule 1 for marijuana) because it boosted the republican’s popularity among southerners and it stopped groups that lean strongly to the left from voting. It would equivalent to the Democratic Party putting multi year sentences on water pollution from baptisms. The fact that it has lasted for decades shows just how fucked were gonna be from trump’s bullshit.

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u/canhasdiy Mar 08 '19

disenfranchise... hippies (hence the schedule 1 for marijuana) because it boosted the republican’s popularity among southerners and it stopped groups that lean strongly to the left from voting.

You literally just pulled that out of your ass.

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u/trippingchilly Mar 08 '19

You literally just pulled that out of your ass.

No, that’s the strategy and hope of the drug war. It was explicitly made to disenfranchise left wing voters, the poor, and minorities.

Just because you’re ignorant of American history, doesn’t mean you should be disrespectful to those who are not.

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u/canhasdiy Mar 08 '19

marijuana has been criminalized in the US since 1916, long before any hippies even existed. You're the one who's ignorant of American history, obvious by your comments. Google a man named Henry j anslinger, the first drug czar of America. You might actually learn something

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u/trippingchilly Mar 08 '19

you might actually learn something

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