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Harsh? Please. He tried to overthrow the government and he got less time than someone caught with a single joint in Mississippi
Pretty sure that's an exaggeration
I'll just leave this here then.
https://hightimes.com/news/mississippi-supreme-court-upholds-life-sentence-for-weed-possession/
https://www.nola.com/news/courts/a-life-sentence-for-20-of-weed-louisiana-stands-out-for-its-unequal-use-of/article_5f7931ca-5d17-11ec-bcd7-730a4fb99798.html
Again, they were not "just given harsh sentences because of having weed". Reoffending is the cause
So it's justified to throw someone away for the rest of their life because they smoked weed a few times but it's "harsh" to give someone 17 years for trying to overthrow the government?
Did they try to overthrow the government 5 times?
Ladies and gentlemen… I give you the party of ‘law and order’
Their laws and their Order.
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You're clearly the one that doesn't understand how laws work. Reoffending is obviously more penalized than the first case, simple as that
You're clearly a repeat offender of being a fucking moron. I vote we lock you up for multiple decades.
Sticking people in cages with violent offenders for smoking a plant is both barbaric and unethical. You attempting to weasel around that and justify this nonsense is exactly what I would expect from someone as fucking stupid as you. Again, AND I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH:
GET FUCKING WREKT YOU ABSOLUTE NOOB 🖕
Not knowing how laws work be like:
I understand how the law works. I just don't make pedantic arguments to justify governmental abuse over victimless crimes because I'm not a boot-licking goose-stepper like you.
If you knew how they work you wouldn't be crying about reoffending being more penalised
Ah, yes, because pointing out the generational injustices and ineffectiveness of the war on drugs absolutely makes me a whiny pussy.
Again, the fact you are willing to justify locking someone in prison over Cannabis use/possession at all shows what a backwards yokel you really are. Put whatever spin on it you like, you are still a moral degenerate no matter how you slice it.
The only thing degenerating here is your country's society
Yeah, because of people like you.
Oh so I'm an evil hooded guy manipulating all of America's society from outside? You're really overestimating my power
No, you're a small-minded, sycophantic, troll who seems perfectly fine with justifying inhumane behavior based on tired legal justifications that are neither ethical nor contemporaneously representative of the will of the majority.
Conservatism is deeply rooted in this kind of ideological sophistry, and in that way you are a perfect representative of your cause. While you may not be from the United States, you embody the same kind of energy as the conservative electorate here that votes against its own interest because they cannot see the forest through the trees.
"justifying inhumane behaviour" lol
And you still haven't answered why or how I am degenerating America
I said people like you, and I just explained what I meant by that.
I'm sorry you can't fucking read chief.
You still have to explain how
Actually, I don't. This has now become boring and tedious. If I see your stupid takes around again maybe I will hurl some more arguments your direction for meaningless internet points. But for now I'm going to go do something more productive.
It's been real, it's been fun, but it ain't been real fun 😘
Finally