When did the drug war become a good thing?

[Warren DeMontague]

I read here that it's not "progressive" to think government should stop filling our prisons with people arrested for things like pot smoking.

What gives?

[noiretextatique]

1. When Bill Clinton said it was right

Per some lemmings. I hear he's getting some praise from rw assholes too. Republican ones.

[pokerfan]

2. Well, you see you have these super-predators

and we have to bring them to heel...

[Warren DeMontague]

3. Only crazy, disreputable people would suggest that we stop filling prisons with drug users.

apparently.

https://harpers.org/archive/2016/04/legalize-it-all/

[malletgirl02]

4. The same way Wall Street became good.

The same way Wall Street became good, and the vote for the Iraq war became no bid deal, because Hillary Clinton supports it.

[eridani]

5. Since centrism became our salvation. n/t

[Warren DeMontague]

6. The irony is, pot legalization is polling at an all time high, so to speak.

Actual leadership would also be politically astute.