re: Headline of the day: “Debate over crack pipes holding up funding of US federal government”

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If there was a clean bill that was saying "hey we're going to start spending some money to counsel and get the drug users off the street in LA and SF, it'd probably pass. but of course the left had to include funding to keep letting people keep use drugs (yes syringes are in there, and there are crack pipes in some state funded kits currently, i'm not saying they are in the proposed bill) and here we are

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Looks like the left is lying about the money being available for local governments to distribute crack pipes and hiding behind a nuance.

However, the fact that nobody is talking about syringes is outrageous. In the past couple of years I have stepped on a dirty needle in Lafayette and my oldest son nearly stepped on one in NOLA. Who cares about law abiding tax paying citizens that have to pay for and then wade through the filth these programs create right?

Nice melt.

You should direct your anger at those that turned the debate into one over crack pipes instead of all the legitimate issues you raised. There’s some merit in those criticisms, but Blackburn and her ilk made it about something else entirely. But sure, it’s my fault for calling out their bullshite.

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The program targets all drug use. Conservatives honed in on the provision that allows grantees to purchase “safe smoking kits” and turned into a crack pipe debate.

We live in the dumbest timeline.

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Oh, it also included injection kits so we can continue to encourage people to od at rates never before seen

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Nice melt.

You should direct your anger at those that turned the debate into one over crack pipes instead of all the legitimate issues you raised. There’s some merit in those criticisms, but Blackburn and her ilk made it about something else entirely. But sure, it’s my fault for calling out their bullshite.

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When a government becomes involved in as much stupid assed shite as this one is (and trying to get involved in further), sometimes the lowest hanging fruit is what will be used to wake people up to the fact.

Sorry people don't like all the shite the people you voted for want to foist upon us.

Not really, though.

Pretty much.

The government funds all kinds of stupid bullshite. This just happens to be one specific piece which is being used to take the piss out of Biden. And that likely deals with his son being a known crackhead.

The government doesn’t need to be funding a LOT of things. And pointing out some of the stupider excesses has its point.

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I realize it's a waste of money. Just pointing out
that democrats aren't the only ones lying and pushing propaganda. If you think they are, you're just as big a clown.

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The lefts propaganda: the conservatives are going to let our government shut down because they oppose “safe smoking kits” being included in a spending bill necessary to keep the government functioning.

The rights propaganda: “safe smoking kits” are crackpipes.

I DGAF what is in a “safe smoking kit”. It’s a waste of money and not something that should hold up a spending bill. If you know it’s a waste of money, as you stated, there is nothing left to defend. That’s the issue, stop deviating from the actual issue to skew the preponderance of blame.

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So what exactly, is "safe smoking devices"?

Why are you lefties running from this? This is what you voted for, just own up to it. You want a crack pipe in every hand, and a syringe in every arm. Own that shite.

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Jesus Christ. Just cause I acknowledge that right wing propaganda exists doesn't make me a leftist, support spending money on these kits, or want people addicted to drugs.

That's why our two party system is so terrible. It turns people into enemies who know nothing about each other. We probably share the same political opinion on most issues, but the fact that I pointed out right wing media lied to you, I'm now some crazy leftist who voted for Biden and wants needles in everyone's arm.

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again, i think the right wasting time on culture war bullshite like giving away syringes, getting upset at bathrooms, boys competing against girls in sports, crt in schools, etc. is all pile of bullshite. Let me reemphasize... bullshite.

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Are you saying the right wasting time on these issues is bullshite, or these issues are the bulllshit?

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but if the cultural left had just left those things alone, nobody would be wasting time on this.

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What do you mean if the left had left these things alone? The left is who made these things issues and pushed this kind of shite to look like they care and try to get more votes.

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Nice melt.

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legitimate issues you raised.

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I can raise “legitimate issues” but also be “melting”. You are employing the same strategy you are defending. “Oh you may have a point but you are acting real crazy about it so we should focus on that rather than your point.”

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again, i think the right wasting time on culture war bullshite like giving away syringes, getting upset at bathrooms, boys competing against girls in sports, crt in schools, etc. is all pile of bullshite. Let me reemphasize... bullshite.

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Wrong on all counts. It’s not the right “wasting time” on the culture war, it’s the left driving the culture war.

It was the left who started giving away illegal drug paraphernalia.

It was the left who pushed allowing men to use women's bathrooms.

It was the left who pushed allowing boys to compete in girl’s sports.

It was the left who introduced CRT into schools.

On and on down the line it’s always the same. Literally every “culture war” issue is only an issue because the left pushes to change something that has been a societal norm for centuries.