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I got comment-timered for acting like a politics troll (lol), so here’s my reply to SurlyKong on the drug topic.

I got comment-timered for acting like a politics troll (lol), so here’s my reply to SurlyKong on the drug topic. | Drug overdoses have indeed risen sharply over the past 2 years, but a lot of that rise occurred under Trump. Obvious explanation? The COVID pandemic. The sharp rise here coincides clearly with the start of the pandemic. This illustrates how drug use, addiction, and overdose isn’t simply a matter of the drugs themselves, it’s a symptom of other kinds of social breakdown: Joblessness, isolation, loneliness, despair for the future. I’m not saying Democrats have a brilliant solution (this chart shows the same trend continued under Biden), I’m rejecting the argument that Republicans know how to solve it either. | image tagged in drugs,are,bad,don't do drugs,war on drugs,one does not simply do drugs | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
100 views 4 upvotes Made by Slobama 2 years ago in IMGFLIP_PRESIDENTS
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2 ups, 2y
Decriminalize. Part of the problem solved.
1 up, 2y
WE NEED TO CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION! 30,000 EXTRA DEATHS IN THE NAME OF DEFUNDING THE POLICE AND KEEPING OPEN BOARDERS IS TOO HIGH A PRICE TO | image tagged in memes,first world problems,constitution | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
So just to clarify:
The party of "Defund" the police, which Democrat cities started doing in the summer of '20 (not 2021) and the party of "open boarders" (which is happening on Biden's watch...) and the party of "stopping drug dealers at the boarder is racism!" (still the same party...) doesn't give a damn about 30,000 extra crime deaths a year and bars no responsibility for their pro crime, pro Chinese Fentanyl, pro open boarders stance?
But meanwhile we can devote 24/7 news coverage to the 1/10th of one percent of crime deaths that we can blame on "black rifles" since "black rifles" are scary and closely associated with the Republican party?
We can cut those Fentanyl deaths by THOUSANDS by shutting down the Chinese Fentanyl trade. Declare a national emergency, send in the national guard and militarizing the boarder. Of course we could never do that since the chance of Congress spending 5 billion on boarder security is zero, when that money could be going to China or the Ukraine instead.
But let's see if we can ignore all this since 30,000 additional Fentanyl deaths (due pro crime Democrats) is a very small price to pay to defend the constitutional rights of Mexican drug lords to cross the boarder with impunity...
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Drug overdoses have indeed risen sharply over the past 2 years, but a lot of that rise occurred under Trump. Obvious explanation? The COVID pandemic. The sharp rise here coincides clearly with the start of the pandemic. This illustrates how drug use, addiction, and overdose isn’t simply a matter of the drugs themselves, it’s a symptom of other kinds of social breakdown: Joblessness, isolation, loneliness, despair for the future. I’m not saying Democrats have a brilliant solution (this chart shows the same trend continued under Biden), I’m rejecting the argument that Republicans know how to solve it either.