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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I can't tell what's more absurd. Trump being for legalizing Marijuana, or the claim that every state that has, is riddled with crime and homelessness because of it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Well, I'm positive he's full of shit when it comes to legalization. He's a business owner, anti-union, and caters to the kooky religions. None of these entities working with him would ever want him to legalize the "devils lettuce".

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Crime didn't exist before the 1960s in the fantasy these people live within.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Are these the same people who think history began with the Bible?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

“Reported” crime was minimal, and the local government was OK if the local guys had their own lynching from time to time if some out of towner looked like they needed it.

Seriously… the 1950s were a time when a lot of stuff happened that was never reported to the police because it was safer that way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Good point. There's a fine book I'd like to recommend: Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism