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You appear to lack the historical knowledge to appreciate the joke: The war on drugs was specifically designed to allow the government to go after the left and

by jyounker 10mo ago

You appear to lack the historical knowledge to appreciate the joke: The war on drugs was specifically designed to allow the government to go after the left and black people. Nixon's domestic policy chief said this in 1994: * https://eji.org/news/nixon-war-on-drugs-designed-to-criminalize-black-people/ https://eji.org/news/nixon-war-on-drugs-designed-to-criminal...

tt24 10mo ago
What makes you think I lacked the context here?
- jyounker 10mo ago
  Because you failed to see how the historical context made it funny, and even responded in kind of a vicious way.
  - tt24 10mo ago
    Why does the historical context make it funny? Is everything that references a historical event funny?