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New York Mag Writer: Reduce Campus Rapes by Raising Beer Tax; Smoking More Dope
NewsBusters ^ | January 16, 2014 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 01/16/2015 1:23:31 PM PST by PJ-Comix

It is only a couple of weeks into the new year but it looks like we already have a strong contender for the dopiest article of the year, emphasis on "dope" as we shall see.

A bizarre solution to reducing campus rapes comes to us by way of Annie Lowery of New York magazine. Her solution is to raise taxes on beer while also encouraging people to smoke more marijuana. After acknowledging that the Rolling Stone story about a drunken fraternity rape case was just a fairy tale, Lowery takes a deep plunge into the world of utterly stupid:

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: annielowery; beer; demagogicparty; dunce; liberalfantasy; libertarians; marijuana; medicalmarijuana; memebuilding; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills
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Guess what this New York Magazine writer was probably smoking when she dreamed up her fantasy "solution."
1 posted on 01/16/2015 1:23:31 PM PST by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

Because God knows the last thing I wanted when I was high was sex.

LOL


2 posted on 01/16/2015 1:24:48 PM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: cripplecreek

Far out, Man..


3 posted on 01/16/2015 1:26:31 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: PJ-Comix

That’s not a solution

More dope is just going to lead to fights over who gets the remaining 1/2 bag of Doritos.


4 posted on 01/16/2015 1:28:49 PM PST by PGR88
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To: PJ-Comix

This advise is much better than women peeing in their pants to prevent rape. /s


5 posted on 01/16/2015 1:29:19 PM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: PGR88

LOL that’s about it.


6 posted on 01/16/2015 1:30:40 PM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: PJ-Comix

...why don’t they just make rape illegal?


7 posted on 01/16/2015 1:31:49 PM PST by Tzimisce
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To: PJ-Comix

Writer’s name is Daffy Duck.


8 posted on 01/16/2015 1:32:22 PM PST by PapaNew (The grace of God & freedom always win the debate in the forum of ideas over unjust law & government)
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To: cripplecreek
Wait... my long ago recollection is that getting high had an effect similar to eating green M&Ms.

I think this has more to do with Liberal's two favorite things in life - raising taxes on others, and staying stoned - than anything.

Liberals never cease to amaze me, they are so intellectually dense that it's staggering.


10 posted on 01/16/2015 1:38:09 PM PST by Obadiah (If the RINOs engineer the 2016 Primary for their guy, I will sit out the General for my guy.)
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To: PJ-Comix
Guess she never learned

“Candy is quick, but Liquor is quicker.”

11 posted on 01/16/2015 1:39:09 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else need s said?)
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To: PJ-Comix

ROFL No wonder this phony “journ-o-list” is so effed up

And such a experienced genius at the old age of 30

Annie M. Lowrey[3] (born July 22, 1984) reports on politics and economic policy for New York magazine.[4] Previously, Lowrey covered economic policy for The New York Times.[5] Prior to that, she covered the economy as the Moneybox columnist for Slate. She was also a staff writer for the Washington Independent and served on the editorial staffs of Foreign Policy and The New Yorker.[6] Lowrey joined Slate in 2010 as part of an effort to revamp their coverage of Business and the Economy.[7] Lowrey has appeared as a guest on the PBS Newshour,[8] The The Rachel Maddow Show Show [9] Morning Joe, Up with Steve Kornacki and Bloggingheads.tv.[10]

She studied English and American literature at Harvard University[11] and wrote for the Harvard Crimson.[12] She lived in Quincy House while at Harvard.[11]

Lowrey is married to Ezra Klein, the editor of Vox and a contributor to MSNBC.[13][14]


12 posted on 01/16/2015 1:39:35 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat (Garner, Martin x 2 & Brown . . . all hoisted by their own petards)
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Well that certainly helps explain things.


13 posted on 01/16/2015 1:41:46 PM PST by Obadiah (If the RINOs engineer the 2016 Primary for their guy, I will sit out the General for my guy.)
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To: PJ-Comix

At least alcohol takes away the ability.

I don’t believe that pot does. (In fact I’ve heard that pot can make one amorous)


14 posted on 01/16/2015 1:43:03 PM PST by KosmicKitty (Liberals claim to want to hear other views, but then are shocked to discover there are other views)
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To: PJ-Comix

Dave’s not here.


15 posted on 01/16/2015 1:43:31 PM PST by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: cripplecreek
Because God knows the last thing I wanted when I was high was sex.

LOL

Beat me to it! I was thinking the same thing when I read this. Peace, Love, Dope! ;-)

17 posted on 01/16/2015 1:52:08 PM PST by rochester_veteran (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: PJ-Comix

In college, I smoked some pot right before a bunch of friends and I got into a fight.

I didn’t have their backs and to this day feel bad about it, but- as I told them after the fight- “I was stoned!”

It’s hard to do anything when you’re stoned, and while I don’t have any supporting examples, I imagine it’s hard to have forcible sex too.

Who knows?! Maybe this red diaper is on to something.


18 posted on 01/16/2015 1:52:26 PM PST by ReganDude (Give me liberty or give me death!!)
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To: Veggie Todd

No matter how many times... that still makes me LOL!


19 posted on 01/16/2015 1:53:51 PM PST by Obadiah (If the RINOs engineer the 2016 Primary for their guy, I will sit out the General for my guy.)
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To: cripplecreek
Candy is Dandy,

but liqueur is quicker.

20 posted on 01/16/2015 2:08:32 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else need s said?)
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