I’m rooting for Trump to have a successful term. That’s what would be good for the country.
However, I am capable of looking at the past, considering the promises he has made, and projecting the likely results for the future. And that points to a series of self inflicted disasters for all Americans. Both economic and political.
I’d be quite happy for the conditions of ordinary Americans to improve. It’s kind of the point of the exercise. I just don’t see that this administration having any intention of taking any action that would result in that. Based on, you know, what they have promised to do, and how they intend to go about it.
Remember when planes, restaurants and offices were thick with cigarette smoke? An occasional whiff of pot on the streets seems a minor thing in comparison.
There is no toxic dose of THC. The kids going to the ER only helps the parents get over the fact their kid is high. But yeah, don’t let the kids in the gummies, that’s YOUR stash.
You’re getting the Puritans and Conquistadors confused there. Plymouth was founded on religious intolerance, yes. But it was for an isolated, insular religious intolerance, not a proselytizing one. Plymouth Colony had fairly good relations with the locals, until other, more commercial/conquest minded English settlers showed up in the area.
History is full of interesting, complicated details, as it’s the record of peoples’ lives. Simple, bumper sticker messages don’t do anybody any favors in the effort of understanding the past, in order to avoid repeating it.
See, having Caufield’s attitude got me in a lot of fights at that age. It took me a long time to get that folk would much rather be wrong than be corrected.
Copywrite law allows for ‘fair use’ including education, critique and satire. Whilst the principal can be considered a derivation of the 1st Amendment, ‘fair use’ is defined in law, not judicial precedent. (Getting judges to recognize fair use is a whole other story)
You are of course ignoring the swan dive at the end.