I just lost an enormous amount of respect for him.
Authoritarian demagoguery is quite the populist elixir, though.
Far be it from me to opine that a drug user's actions are entirely their own choice and responsibility.
That's true whether speaking about alcohol (the worst drug on the face of the earth) or any other drug.
But, hey, Prohibition rulez! Bring back the guillotine, or something...
I can say one thing with confidence. Such demonizations served as a fig leaf (and excuse) for a far worse problem: weakening gospel awareness.
It used to be that people would not countenance going on trips because it would be like a visit from Satan.
Now it’s more like “Cool! Satan!” Because nobody knows what God can do any more.
And guillotines will kill people without doing a THING about this, and if LePage is ignorant of that shame on him!
We are a small rural state of 1.5 million people. We have big-city, domestic-savage filth driving up here, peddling their junk to small town high school kids...many heroin overdose deaths.
LePage is on a massive crusade, gearing up drug enforcement. I'm sure his populist message has a huge following, unlike with you, there is no sympathy for the murdering scumbags.
I live in Maine, and I saw the governor’s comments tonight on TV at a town hall meeting he had here in Maine. He also made the comments on a local talk radio show this morning.
He was half-joking about the guillotine, but he was talking about drug dealers, NOT drug users.
Five young Maine residents die every week from drug use in this state. The governor is very passionate on this issue.
Almost all of the heroin dealers who are caught are from New York City, Massachusetts, or places like New Haven or Hartford. It’s a real problem here and it is getting worse.