Republican hands are just as dirty, if not moreso, when it comes to the war on drugs.
Oh, goody! We have now heard from one of our resident libertarians, crying for drug legalization.
Oh, goody! We have now heard from one of our resident libertarians, crying for drug legalization.
Your right. The Republicans got their jollies beating up “dirtbags”. They used all the civil authority they could muster to do it. Now when the wheel turns and the dirtbags control the mechanisms of power, well, it comes back on them.
A story from the day. A Mongolian King conquered all the surrounding tribes. He was proud, and used captured princes to pull his yurt. One day, as he was riding along, he noticed one of his princes watching the wheel next to him go around and around. He asked this captured slave why he was watching the wheel go around. The Prince replied, “I was just noticing that what was once on top, is now on the bottom”. From that day forward the King never used princes to pull his yurt.
So for years, Republicans have rode the “law and order” bandwagon. They have built an enormous and powerful law enforcement machine. Built courtrooms and prisons, hired judges, and denounced tricksy lawyers who insisted on enforcing the 4th amendment. So look at where we are today. The infrastructure is built, the streets are crawling with cops, guns and boots and the 4th amendment is seen as an inconvenient speed bump.