Maybe we should call serial killers people with "Acute Euthanasia Syndrome Disorder," so we don't poffend them?
Posted on 04/12/2023 1:14:26 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The ever-escalating fentanyl crisis in U.S. cities has been particularly acute in the Bay Area. It’s made for some interesting headlines as well, from reports that the head of San Jose’s police union ran an international fentanyl-dealing operation out of her home for years to Elon Musk calling for legalization.
Among supporters of harm reduction, who point to the abysmal failure of the War on Drugs to do much beyond swell the U.S. prison population, the term “drug worker” is a suggested replacement for the term “drug dealer.” A Canadian drug-policy expert’s Twitter thread went viral among certain segments of extremely online people in San Francisco.
At first blush, this response appeared tailor-made to send people through the roof; perhaps the guy who sells you cannabis could plausibly be a “drug worker,” but fentanyl is lethal. Yet “drug worker” may strike some people as a term better suited to the volunteers who educate San Franciscans about how to administer Narcan to someone who’s overdosing.
More importantly, the prevailing political winds have shifted in favor of beefing up the ranks of the San Francisco Police Department, as violent and seemingly random crimes amplify a widespread sense of public disorder.
However, as critics point out, you can’t arrest your way out of a drug crisis, and many people selling fentanyl in San Francisco are known to be victims of human trafficking.
More importantly, this type of humanizing, or “people-first,” language has grown widespread. The best analogy for “drug worker” might be “sex worker,” a term that’s far less pejorative than “prostitute” or “whore” and which acknowledges the fact that sex work is a form of labor that’s been practiced since time immemorial.
Witness, too, the transition from “illegal alien” to “undocumented person” or “unauthorized resident.” These are not quote-unquote woke euphemisms. They are technically correct, as a person cannot be illegal.
At the same time, the discourse surrounding people who sell deadly substances like fentanyl has grown quite heated, with some prominent commentators strongly implying that we should apply capital punishment, or at least look to prohibition models like Singapore’s.
Roughly 650 people died of fentanyl overdoses in San Francisco in both 2021 and 2022, with roughly 130 deaths in January and February of this year as well.
Astrid Kane can be reached at astrid@sfstandard.com
Maybe we should call serial killers people with "Acute Euthanasia Syndrome Disorder," so we don't poffend them?
AND THIS:
Unlicensed pharmacists.
Hmmm, this reminds me of prostitutes all of a sudden becoming “sex workers”.
I want “progressives” to be called Communist Indoctrinators.
This is from The Bee, yes?
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Same linguistic concept.
Personally, I would find sex worker highly insulting.
I like this one unlicensed pharmacist’s PERFECT, however don’t give the Dems any ideas!!
Why not, when “sex workers” are now legitimized by the left and should be taxpayer funded?
Undocumented Pharmacists
Just like Dentists
Dentists came to this country, looking for a better life.
Next you’ll be saying they should have their own schools!
Experience vendors.
Once my wife used the term “sex worker” when looking for a polite way to say hooker. I wrote in big letters on a sheet of paper and held up a sign to her saying “Will Work For Food”. LOL
Steppenwolf didn't have any problems with dealers, it was the pushers they didn't like.
Anyone using street drugs in this day and age has a death wish
Mad hatter.
Uh oh, that's got the N-word in it.
Sex worker? It’s not called a blow “job” for nothing.
Timothy Leary Advocates
I call them targets that should be shot dead on sight.
They are the problem just as much as the idiots taking the drugs these dealers are selling.
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