Re:Veterans push for medical marijuana in conservative South
by skocznymroczny on Monday August 16, 2021 @08:26AM
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Well, on the other side of the political spectrum you also have arbitrary boundaries on which issues are pro-science (vaccinations) and which aren't (nuclear power).
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Re:Veterans push for medical marijuana in conservative South
by LatteLazy on Monday August 16, 2021 @08:46AM
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No one is totally self consistent, but it seems weird to me: the dems can't quite manage it on nuclear power which is about 1% of their platform. The Reps can manage it on abortion, guns or the budget, which is aboht 95% of their platform...
Re:Veterans push for medical marijuana in conservative South
by triceratops on Monday August 16, 2021 @10:54AM
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Is being anti-nuclear necessarily "anti-science"? How much have Chernobyl and Fukushima cost to clean up? Are there a lot of private insurers lining up to underwrite new plants?
Even if nuclear is perfectly safe (which it largely is), and waste disposal is a perfectly solved problem (which it's not), economically there's a big question mark over it. I don't understand why conservatives are so hot about something so fiscally reckless.