Stewart’s response: “What the fuck are you talking about?”
Conservatives did not argue against punitive taxation on tobacco which has driven a new drug black market. They were mostly tickled pink. At the time, some were warning that the high taxes would drive sales underground and they were right. A lot of people have been seriously harmed by this little witch hunt.
Liberals could care less about sin or unhealthy behavior. If they cared, they would not be importing illegals and Africans with contagious disease and promoting anal sex to other people’s children.
So what is with their hatred of unhealthy smoking? They support pot smoking and that’s unhealthy - including second hand smoke. It is the love of taxes - period. Most of the tobacco tax money comes from lower income people. It’s been pushed so high by greedy liberals, the black market is a reality, now which means more “criminals” and dangerous interaction with police officers.
Conservatives who get off on a good, mindless witch hunt mob and support this kind of nonsense can kma. They are coming after you next, fatty...fundamentalist... gun owner...veteran...mental health drug taker, home schooler. All these and much more, are deemed unhealthy behavior by the moral high grounders who levy sin taxes but who live in the gutter and who love and promote sin.
Not to excuse Brown and Garner but, Amen.