This just in: "half of global warming groupies are a “basket of deplorables”

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“You know,” ASOT asserted to a friend last night, “to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of America’s Global Warming groupies into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right?

The stoners; the anti-capitalists; anarchists; anti-globalists; dropouts; people who believe we should all live in yurts and ride italian racing bikes to the farmers market to buy GMO-free arugula for dinner.”

 

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I would only add that the pretty complete list you composed, they all have a common trait: they're semi-useful idiots that are easily led around by political propaganda.

Definitely deplorable.

 

[as seen on tv]

I would only add that the pretty complete list you composed, they all have a common trait: they're semi-useful idiots that are easily led around by political propaganda.

Definitely deplorable.

if we found out half our nation's reporters were regular pot users, would

(a) broadcasters be forgiven - or excoriated - for continually advancing bad public policy ideas, or

(b) result in some people claiming that this is proof that people can function "well enough" while regularly sparking up, even if the law won't permit them to be doctors, nurses, pharmacists, airline pilots, operate power tools, drive 18 wheelers, etc.?

 

[Deleted member 21794]

if we found out half our nation's reporters were regular pot users, would

(a) broadcasters be forgiven - or excoriated - for continually advancing bad public policy ideas, or

(b) result in some people claiming that this is proof that people can function "well enough" while regularly sparking up, even if the law won't permit them to be doctors, nurses, pharmacists, airline pilots, operate power tools, drive 18 wheelers, etc.?

If we found out half our nation's reporters were regular pot users, I'd be surprised the number was so low. I'd hate to think that substance abuse isn't a major factor in what's wrong with our media.

 

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If we found out half our nation's reporters were regular pot users, I'd be surprised the number was so low. I'd hate to think that substance abuse isn't a major factor in what's wrong with our media.

I guess it depends on the definition of "regular".

I wouldn't be surprised if more than half were "occasional" users.

pot, like alcohol, results in a range of dependency and debilitation. not everyone who has glass of wine or a cocktail in the evening is at risk of long term impairment.

however, with pot, the effects remain in your system for hours afterwards. which is why "medical users" (insert laugh track here) should never be allowed to hold any of the following positions:

doctor
nurse
pharmacist
airline pilot
locomotive engineer
boat captain/navigator
bus driver
18 wheeler driver
power tool user
police officer
combat soldier
and so on and so forth