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Topic	Biden says crime bill was a 'mistake' during ABC town hall
CommonJoe 10/16/20 11:00:00 AM #50:	CruelBuffalo posted... https://www.google.com/amp/s/slate.com/news-and-politics/2016/02/why-many-black-politicians-backed-the-1994-crime-bill-championed-by-the-clintons.amp It starts talking about black activists in the 70s and 80s pushing for harsher crime bills for drugs. So I would assume yes it was supported by black families, but the long term impacts of it were clearly not understood by all. A good thing this article highlights (though not directly) is the difference of sensibilities. They didnt see drug abuse as a health problem (just like AIDS wasnt a health problem) and obviously were unable or unwilling to look at Prohibition as a forewarning of what trying to prohibit drugs would result in. Thats very different today, and one needs to look at whose willing to actually change with the times and to what degree. --- I dream of a society where I would be guillotined as a conservative. LightSnake's 261 Sin Count: 4 https://youtu.be/NkRkuI0ZgX0 <cite>CommonJoe posted [p:945922298] in Biden says... [t:79043781]...</cite> <quote>CruelBuffalo posted... </cite> <quote>https://www.google.com/amp/s/slate.com/news-and-politics/2016/02/why-many-black-politicians-backed-the-1994-crime-bill-championed-by-the-clintons.amp It starts talking about black activists in the 70s and 80s pushing for harsher crime bills for drugs. So I would assume yes it was supported by black families, but the long term impacts of it were clearly not understood by all.</quote> A good thing this article highlights (though not directly) is the difference of sensibilities. They didnt see drug abuse as a health problem (just like AIDS wasnt a health problem) and obviously were unable or unwilling to look at Prohibition as a forewarning of what trying to prohibit drugs would result in. Thats very different today, and one needs to look at whose willing to actually change with the times and to what degree. --- I dream of a society where I would be guillotined as a conservative. LightSnake's 261 Sin Count: 4 https://youtu.be/NkRkuI0ZgX0</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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