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[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So you admit he can do it without congress. However, you think it would make him look like Trump and so he shouldn’t do it…

That’s very strange reasoning. What exactly do you think would be the actual consequences? Over two thirds of Americans support legalization. If Biden got marijuana descheduled it would likely be an incredibly popular move.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You're having a conversation about things you want and I'm having a conversation about how reality works.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That’s a lot of condescension for someone who can’t even answer a simple question.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It's a clarification that you and I are having two different conversations.

Consider re-reading this not as an argument, but rather as a teacher explaining to you why things work out a certain way.

I don't view the conversation as quite that way (I was just stoned and enjoying where it was going), but tonally.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This has to be a bit right? The irony of being high while also trying to justify why Biden doesn’t push for legalization is just too funny.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My entire last post is about how this is not a defense of anything. This is an explanation of why things happen the way they do.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Whether or not you want to call it a defense, you are providing justifications for Biden’s lack of action. Going on to suggest that your opinion is just “how reality works” even though you’ve made factually incorrect statements is just too rich.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Cool stay mad.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

You're mistaking "uninformed" for "simple".

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Exactly how was my question “uninformed”?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because you apparently have little to no idea how the US government functions despite other people explaining it to you multiple times.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Their first statement was factually incorrect and their follow up explanation was just unfounded conjecture that made no logical sense. When I pointed that out they just refused to engage.