Themes of this article: Bad guys aren’t the real threat; lack of vigilance is Semantic shift can happen right under our noses Sometimes the good guys need a wakeup call...
But don’t you _understand_!? The Drug War is the most Sacred Chao of all! We _can’t_ get rid of that!
(If nothing else, without it, how would we be able to put the right —brown, poor— people in jail? And our jails need filling! There’s corporate profits at stake.)
“(Besides, should hallucinogens really be okay for only those people who already worship magic beings?)
“Democrats were trying to be the good guys protecting those peyote users. But the way to do that is to legalize peyote, not to make a carveout for people who have magic reasons for wanting to use it and thereby discriminating against people who have rational reasons for wanting to use it.”
You get extra credit - the Democrats have done nothing, as usual.
But don’t you _understand_!? The Drug War is the most Sacred Chao of all! We _can’t_ get rid of that!
(If nothing else, without it, how would we be able to put the right —brown, poor— people in jail? And our jails need filling! There’s corporate profits at stake.)
“(Besides, should hallucinogens really be okay for only those people who already worship magic beings?)
“Democrats were trying to be the good guys protecting those peyote users. But the way to do that is to legalize peyote, not to make a carveout for people who have magic reasons for wanting to use it and thereby discriminating against people who have rational reasons for wanting to use it.”
Simply put, Jonathan's work is indispensable; excellent analysis and compelling writing, always.