Posted on 04/24/2022 1:27:29 PM PDT by DFG
A bill in Washington will soon take effect striking the word "marijuana" from all state laws after progressive lawmakers deemed the term "racist." The change removes the word, swapping it out for the term "cannabis" instead. Gov. Jay Inslee signed the bill, which passed unanimously and changes every Revised Code of Washington, into law March 11. The changes take effect in June.
Supporters of the bill, House Bill 1210, say the word "marijuana" has a long history of racism, claiming its usage is racist against black and brown people. "The term 'marijuana' itself is pejorative and racist," Washington state Rep. Melanie Morgan, a Democrat who sponsored the bill, said during testimony in 2021. Morgan discussed the word's history, which originates from Spanish. Morgan said that as recreational marijuana use became more popular, "it was negatively associated with Mexican immigrants." The state lawmaker claimed it is "racist terminology" and was used "to lock up black and brown people."
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These cotton pickin leftist think everything is racist.
Leftist liberal insanity.
This all says more about these folks who shade everything in racial terms. They are the racists.
Whew! What a relief!!! All the problems of Washington have been solved so they had time to do this. And make pickleball the official state sport.
Not a doubt in my mind anymore, this nation is dying or maybe already dead and too stupid to lay down.
A rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet...
-Wild Bill Shakespeare
Nope, it isn’t.
Just because a liberal says something, doesn’t make it true.
Time to start saying marijuana at every opportunity.
This is no doubt a very important issue to everyone in Washington!!
Don’t worry about the homeless, crime, drug, and mental health issues that go with addiction. Those can wait.
Same for the huge taxation we have here.
Crumbling highways, but a new light rail system for the homeless to sleep in!
Yay!!!
But swapping is OK.
Well then every single bilingual sign with Espanol is racist.
They aren’t stupid.
They are deliberately evil, as they do have an agenda they are pushing.
How stupid can people be?
Just more proof that we need a constitutional requirement that ALL lawmakers submit to random drug testing. Enough of this crap, I want these people testing for mind altering substances, who the hell thinks like this?
If Peter Tosh was ok with the term, who am I to argue?
Inslee needs a visit from Thomas Shelby.
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I declare the word “racist” is racist and DEMAND all leftists stop using it.
Everything except “Democrat” which has the most connections to racism.
When will democrats declare that, “MeXico” is racist, since, it’s an Americanized form of the name “Mejico”. Not white person should have the right to change the name by which Mejicanos know their country.
Nuevo Mejico here we come.
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