> I just like to understand the perspective of people I disagree with. The war on drugs isn't an abstract topic, and the architects of who promoted and effecte

> I just like to understand the perspective of people I disagree with. The war on drugs isn't an abstract topic, and the architects of who promoted and effected it did so out of openly racist and malicious motives which they were recorded as saying. If you actually tried to understand them by listening to them, you'd find that they really were malicious. To truly understand their perspective you'd need to acknowledge when they held malicious and racist perspectives, otherwise you're actually actively working to not understand.