After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doing for us?'

Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin... by uberdru on Thursday June 17, 2021 @02:40PM (#27542964)

My read is that your statement is incorrect, in that they were not simply 'acting like racists'. Instead, they were instituting racially motivated policies to combat the advances of the civil rights movement through the '60s. Plus ca change.

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Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin... by throwaway0a5e on Thursday June 17, 2021 @02:43PM (#27542996)

Isn't that exactly how you'd expect racists to act?

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Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin... by tolbish on Thursday June 17, 2021 @02:47PM (#27543045)

The difference is that racism is not a secondary motivator. Racism would be baked into the desire for power, as it would then be a desire to instill white supremacy.

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Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin... by jhgb on Thursday June 17, 2021 @03:02PM (#27543223)

Why couldn't racism be either primary or secondary motivator for something?

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Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin... by tolbish on Thursday June 17, 2021 @04:51PM (#27544416)

It absolutely can be. It just is not in this case. They were not merely "acting like racists". I hope this distinction helps.

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Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin... by jhgb on Thursday June 17, 2021 @05:12PM (#27544554)

The present simple "is not" seemed to be a general statement to me (but that just may be my L2 English).

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