Josh Barro blocked me on Twitter

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criscodisco: Feb 18, 2004; do it

Sorry about your twitter drama.

# ¿ Jul 19, 2016 06:34

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 10:41

criscodisco: Feb 18, 2004; do it

A ILL BREAKFAST posted:

as a straight man, i can only guess. but i would assume that gay people dont exactly like having their sexuality compared to 420blazeitmang stoners and probably dont see them as on the same "level" if you get me

Pretty much. You're sort of a dick, OP.

# ¿ Jul 19, 2016 06:42

criscodisco: Feb 18, 2004; do it

staberind posted:

Does he have anything to do with that pizza chain his name almost looks like?

cos i think pizza chains would be all over the decriminisation of weed, if you, uh, catch my drift.

No they left the empire to their daughter Pizzarina.

# ¿ Jul 19, 2016 06:43

criscodisco: Feb 18, 2004; do it

objects in mirror posted:

It is quite frankly fair to say that more suffering over the past 40 years has been inflicted on Americans because of marijuana prohibition than because of anti-gay agitation.

Not many folks have been beaten or killed for blazing up.

I like pot as much as anyone, but you idiots give stoners a bad name.

# ¿ Jul 19, 2016 07:07

criscodisco: Feb 18, 2004; do it

objects in mirror posted:

It's a matter of numbers.

700k peope are arrested every year for pot possession. How many gay people are arrested for being gay (I'm talking in the West here, not in Afghanistan.)

Yet because America's rich elites all knew someone who was gay or had a gay family member, of course gay rights (and gay marriage) were prioritized by "liberals" whereas marijuana prohibition whose enforcement mainly affects the lower classes is not taken up as eagerly by the media and celebrities as a cause.

Fact: More humans have a need to alter their consciousness via intoxicants than have homosexual impulses.

Let's admit it: The prioritization of lgbt rights was significantly a matter of catering to elite interests. If the elites signaled they weren't down with the cause, then gay rights wouldn't have progressed.

Fun fact: equal human rights don't include the right to smoke a bowl.

# ¿ Jul 19, 2016 08:02

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 10:41

criscodisco: Feb 18, 2004; do it

objects in mirror posted:

If society totally ignored gay issues but instead addressed marijuana prohibition, more total societal suffering could have been prevented as a greater number of people were targeted/arrested/killed cause of weed prohibition than cause of being gay (in the usa). You cannot argue with this logic.

Counterpoint:

Like it or not, it's impossible to argue that the spread of AIDS wasn't driven primarily because of the casual sex mentality of gay men. If it weren't for this unprecedented spread, it wouldn't have become the clause du jour. Nor would it have gotten the research that it received. While there is still no cure, the speed of advances in medicine for a disease in the time frame they were made in have never been matched in medical history.

Consequently, testing for the disease wouldn't be so prevalent, allowing for the infection of many, many more people. Without the aforementioned medical advances, it would still be a death sentence.

Edit: before anyone says that AIDS research isn't a gay rights issue, they're ignorant of the societal attitude towards the disease throughout the 80's.

criscodisco fucked around with this message at 08:52 on Jul 19, 2016

# ¿ Jul 19, 2016 08:44

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