Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin...
by thaumasiotes on Thursday June 17, 2021 @03:37PM
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That quote doesn't really support the idea that "We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities." Instead, it supports the idea that Nixon thought drugs undermined society and stamping out drug use was valuable for its own sake.
Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin...
by howenterprisey on Thursday June 17, 2021 @03:39PM
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Yes. It's roughly as indefensible, though.
Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin...
by dylan604 on Thursday June 17, 2021 @03:46PM
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>"Homosexuality, dope, immorality, are the enemies of strong societies."
Is it really though? It seems like it would be the enemy of an uptight conservative society that only speaks of freedoms from the side of their mouth while limiting the freedoms to only those things which they agree.
> NIXON: [...] Let's look at the strong societies. The Russians. Goddamn, they root 'em out. They don't let 'em around at all. I don't know what they do with them. Look at this country. You think the Russians allow dope? Homosexuality, dope, immorality, are the enemies of strong societies. That's why the Communists and left-wingers are clinging to one another. They're trying to destroy us. I know Moynihan will disagree with this, [Attorney General John] Mitchell will, and Garment will. But, goddamn, we have to stand up to this.