You wrote:
“Apparently there are more pot smoking wannabe hippies on the Right then I was aware off. Is the current Right, America’s new Left? After all, the current Left is so far off the reservation they cannot be charted. It appears true conservatism is dead.”
I agree. I have noticed, especially in the last year, that there are many Freepers who are very pro-pot (they would claim to be pro-freedom, but the “freedom” is about drug use) and very anti-police. I know there are some bad cops, but most cops are basically decent people like most people. Many Freepers practically froth at the mouth over cops! Strange.
I think that many Freepers are conservative about money issues such as taxes, or national security, but become flaming leftists about pot, cops, pornography, and sex.
Coherent, comprehensive conservativism is no longer alive and well.
I’m not anti-police. If anything, I’m pro-police since I come from a family of them, generations of them. There are bad cops, just like there are bad people in every other profession/job. The majority of cops are good. They’re good, decent people just trying to do their job to the best of their ability and in the worst of circumstances. They’re fighting the administration and public opinion and the bad cops in their departments. They’re very rarely given the benefit of doubt, here or anywhere else.
To compare the anti-police faction here with those of us who think pot should be legal is ignoring the bigger issue, imo. Again, I don’t smoke pot but I’d like to see it taken out of the WOD. Actually, I’d like to see the WOD taken out of the loop. It’s been a failure at all levels. Much like the War on Poverty. Neither are conservative ideals.