[identity profile] kinvore.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] talkpolitics
I never thought I'd see anyone put their name behind a bill like this anytime soon:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110623/ap_on_go_co/us_pot_bill

It's a proposal to decriminalize marijuana. While technically bipartisan (Ron Paul is a co-sponsor) there is virtually no chance of it passing a Republican-controlled House. It's not all the GOP's fault, though. Few Democrats will go on the record as being opposed to marijuana prohibition, including our President.

We shouldn't be sending people to jail for smoking a damned plant. Anyone who claims to want less government in our lives is a hypocrite if they oppose this bill.

I know, I know. Hypocrisy in politics, color us surprised.

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Date: 24/6/11 03:17 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pastorlenny.livejournal.com
We're actually now talking about two things: 1) the fact that someone who is in favor of smaller government generally -- but believes that there should be compulsory public education -- is not of necessity philosophically inconsistent and 2) that "hypocrisy" may not mean what you think it means.

We could also perhaps raise another issue -- to wit, nuance.

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Date: 24/6/11 03:31 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pastorlenny.livejournal.com
Or maybe people shouldn't make claims to such absolutes if they believe in such varied nuances.

Maybe. And maybe one can a more effective and credible argument in favor of the decrimimalization of marijuana by avoiding demonstrably false assertions about other people's "hypocrisy."

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Date: 24/6/11 03:49 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pastorlenny.livejournal.com
By 1) demonstrating that belief in a principle generally does not of necessity require adherence in every particular to the greatest conceivable extreme (compulsory public education being offered as one counter-example) and 2) pointing out that even if logical inconsistency could be argued, it would still not constitute "hypocrisy" -- which is something else entirely.

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