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As a medical user, I really hope she will stick to this if elected. Trump is doing more “leave it up to the states” bullshit except specifically for Florida and no other state.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
    95·
    2 months ago

    Or you could not let the perfect be the enemy of the good and celebrate a candidate advocating for legalization.

    • ShepherdPie@midwest.social
      38·
      2 months ago

      This is such a ridiculous expression and I wish people would quit using it to shut down valid criticism and justify inaction from our leaders.

      You see a homeless guy starving on the sidewalk and give him a penny to go buy food. It’s obviously not enough to buy anything and he objects, but you tell him “don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. You should be thankful for what I’ve given you.”

      Rapist Brock Turner rapes a girl behind a dumpster at school. He’s given probation for the crime. “Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. Be thankful that he’s being punished for his crime.”

      Trump passes his tax bill in 2018 giving permanent cuts to wealthy individuals while middle and lower classes get a temporary cut along with the removal of some credits and caps on SALT deductions. This widens the income inequality in our country but since we got a couple of years of lower tax bills, “don’t let perfect be the enemy of good…”

      Just stop it.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
        82·
        2 months ago

        I’m sorry, but if you can’t accept legalization of cannabis without a public apology, I would say “letting the perfect be the enemy of the good” is exactly the right phrase to use.

        • ShepherdPie@midwest.social
          13·
          2 months ago

          There’s no indication that legalization is happening. What we’ve gotten is a simple statement that may or may not be true.

            • ShepherdPie@midwest.social
              21·
              2 months ago

              Yes, this is quite obvious.

              I’m sorry, but if you can’t accept legalization of cannabis without a public apology, I would say “letting the perfect be the enemy of the good” is exactly the right phrase to use.

              Here you, in an incredibly condescending tone, are stating that legalization is a forgone conclusion based on nothing more than a campaign promise. People are pointing out examples where her actions contradict said campaign promise, which is why they have a hard time believing it. Candidates make false campaign promises all the time, so I can’t see why you’re attacking people for not falling for it the 100th time. Talk is cheap.

              • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
                2·
                2 months ago

                You can tell what tone someone is using from text?

                Do you think it might be possible that you might be misinterpreting me?

        • Krono@lemmy.today
          25·
          2 months ago

          You’re right, no one really cares about a public apology. Just like this entire story, it’s only words.

          What really matters is advocacy for those nonviolent drug “offenders”. They deserve release from jail, an end to probation, an expungement of criminal records, and reparations for the losses they suffered.

          Kamala issuing a pro-legalization press release is the path of least resistance for her. If she actually stood on principle she would advocate to expunge the criminal records of all nonviolent drug offenders that her DA office prosecuted. But even that is just the words of a politician- what really matters is policy change.

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
            51·
            2 months ago

            You literally said:

            If she actually had a change of heart, she should apologize to the nonviolent victims she chose to prosecute and incarcerate.

            Do you care about a public apology or not?

            • Krono@lemmy.today
              13·
              2 months ago

              Policy is what matters. A public apology is just optics, and I only care about optics insofar as it affects policy.

              I was offering up a public apology as one way to help resolve her current hypocrisy on this issue. Harris’ current position seems to be something like “allow current and future cannabis consumption, but continue to brutally punish those who consumed cannabis in the past” and I find this deeply schizophrenic.

              • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
                5·
                2 months ago

                Okay, well she can’t set policy until she’s the president. So is your argument here that we shouldn’t be hopeful that she’ll do what she says she’ll do because she hasn’t done it yet even though it’s not in her power? Otherwise I don’t understand what the deal is here.

                • Krono@lemmy.today
                  14·
                  2 months ago

                  If you are getting your hopes up from a press release, and ignoring her entire work history as district attorney, then you are being duped. Actions speak louder than words.