11-21-2021, 02:15 PM
(11-21-2021, 01:59 PM)Sled21 Wrote: You're totally missing my point. My point is not about who would have done what. The Democrats wrote the bill, the community considers is racist, and blame the Republicans. What part of that hypocrisy is escaping you? And if you don't think those drugs crimes needed to be punished as harshly as possible, you simply were not there to see the crime scenes and the devastation those crimes brought to the community.
OK so your answer is yes. Republicans were weak on crime and would not have written such a bill. Okey Dokey. It's pretty impressive to witness the rhetorical gymnastics of far right individuals such as yourself in these kinds of discussions. You guys spend years making sure that you do everything possible to paint every centrist Dem politician as a Marxist until it suits your need to blame them for something perceived as right-wing and unpopular, then they're the "real racists". I guess it's good to keep your mind limber.
The harsh punishments did little to curb drug crime. It still proliferates in urban areas and is worse than ever in rural and suburban locales as well. Law enforcement's enhanced tools did jack squat to prevent heroin, fentanyl, or the resurgence of meth from spreading like wildfire. The policies did zilch to stop demand and even less to discourage the criminals supplying the product.
