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The war on drugs will be the death of civil liberties in the US.
by SoftwareMaven 15y ago
The war on drugs will be the death of civil liberties in the US.
- d0ne 15y agoAlready happened. Now it is up to the citizens to resurrect those ideals they cherish deeply.
- SoftwareMaven 15y agoAre there instances of that occurring in history, short of revolution? I know I'm not ready to start one, even though I'm highly uncomfortable with the current state of the US Government.
- d0ne 15y agoEverything has a beginning.
- hugh3 15y agoHave you noticed that nobody apart from anti-war-on-drugs activists has actually used the phrase "war on drugs" since, like, 1985? It might be time to update your terminology. It was never a particularly good metaphor.
- SoftwareMaven 15y agoThe militarization of American police units would tell a different story as to the appropriateness of the metaphor. And don't try to distract from the point by implying I'm just an "anti-war-on-drugs activist". You have no idea who I am, how I feel on this topic, and why I feel the way I do. Do you have a real argument to make for turning every police force in the US into paramilitary organizations?