are drug dealers political prisoners?

[IrishBrother]

IHO, taken as a whole, the black community in America is an ongoing criminal enterprise

 

[marcuz]

IHO, taken as a whole, the black community in America is an ongoing criminal enterprise

i think you have the black community confused with the jewish community

 

[kermit da hustla]

Dealing drugs is the only way outta the ghetto

Black folk that work 9-5 and/or go to college are c00ns

Logic seems to be something y'all are incapable of understanding. When did I say that is the only way out? Oftentimes, out of the frustration that besets all black men in this racist system, it's the avenue they take. And the drug laws are targeted specifically to thwart them, which is why I call them political prisoners.

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

In the sense that the drug war is an all out assault on a certain group of people I'm sure it could be argued. But it's hard to make a drug dealer that sympathetic a figure.

 

[Demon]

Black people inside for selling drugs are fukking scumbags who are where the fukk they deserve to be

Please don't listen to these c00ns like @kermit da hustla & @Reaganomics and let them misguide you.

 

[Carter G. Hoodson]

hope this thread was meant as a joke

 

[marcuz]

Logic seems to be something y'all are incapable of understanding. When did I say that is the only way out? Oftentimes, out of the frustration that besets all black men in this racist system, it's the avenue they take. And the drug laws are targeted specifically to thwart them, which is why I call them political prisoners.

so if dealing hard drugs is the route many of us take as a last resort, and whites make sure to give us the hardest penalties for those acts -- what does that tell you about us if we continue to succumb to a trap we're fully aware of?

 

[marcuz]

@kermit da hustla

is your mentor freeway ricky ross? he made multi-millions off selling crack cocaine to the people. he never legitimized his enterprise with legal businesses or even secured any stash money for the future.

but he sold those drugs as a way to make money, because he never took education seriously. didn't even know how to read and was proud of it, until he went to jail. but by your logic, dude should be your hero

 

[marcuz]

In the sense that the drug war is an all out assault on a certain group of people I'm sure it could be argued. But it's hard to make a drug dealer that sympathetic a figure.

well, pick one. tired of this "but" shyt.

either it's wrong or it isn't. no grey area

 

[stealthbomber]

well, pick one. tired of this "but" shyt.

either it's wrong or it isn't. no grey area

thats your problem. there is grey area in all aspects of life. just because you choose not to acknowledge that doesn't mean there not there.

if i kill someone who sneaks in my house and attempts to murder my son, should i be sent to prison? im technically a murderer

 

[marcuz]

thats your problem. there is grey area in all aspects of life. just because you choose not to acknowledge that doesn't mean there not there.

if i kill someone who sneaks in my house and attempts to murder my son, should i be sent to prison? im technically a murderer

nah, fukk all 'what if' scenarios' (edit: really, your grey area is self defense? which im not arguing against?)

especially when we live in a culture where doing wrong is what's promoted as the accurate route to make. use drug selling comparisons or leave that shyt at the door

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

well, pick one. tired of this "but" shyt.

either it's wrong or it isn't. no grey area

There's all kinds of grey area though that's the problem. In my eyes they're prisoners of a domestic war, Mumia or Mutulu are the types you'd consider political prisoners.

 

[stealthbomber]

nah, fukk all 'what if' scenarios' (edit: really, your grey area is self defense? which im not arguing against?)

especially when we live in a culture where doing wrong is what's promoted as the accurate route to make. use drug selling comparisons or leave that shyt at the door

man im not defending drug dealers at all. they're scum and deserve every second they're in prison. but you have to admit the only reason that's a viable profession is because of our culture. our legal system is such that the laws can't be changed with the times.

the fact that weed, coke, meth, x, pills, shrooms, acid, etc aren't legal is a testament to how backward our thinking is. we think by making drugs illegal it will stunt the use of them, but it does exactly the opposite, more is made because of the inevitable losses through distribution and theft.

they should all be manufactured by the us govt for the use of the people. we should be the ones limiting which drugs are illegal, not the other way around. it will standardize the prices, basically kill underground manufacturing/distribution (your hated drug dealers and the mexican cartels), guarantee the safety of the drugs (through the FDA), and it would be another source of tax income for the govt.

but we cant even have a mature discussion about it in congress because the us govt is just another branch of the big corporations. the games fukked up breh. i wouldnt go as far as saying drug dealers are political prisoners, but they are the products of a system that's designed for them to lose.

 

[marcuz]

man im not defending drug dealers at all. they're scum and deserve every second they're in prison. but you have to admit the only reason that's a viable profession is because of our culture. our legal system is such that the laws can't be changed with the times.

the fact that weed, coke, meth, x, pills, shrooms, acid, etc aren't legal is a testament to how backward our thinking is. we think by making drugs illegal it will stunt the use of them, but it does exactly the opposite, more is made because of the inevitable losses through distribution and theft.

they should all be manufactured by the us govt for the use of the people. we should be the ones limiting which drugs are illegal, not the other way around. it will standardize the prices, basically kill underground manufacturing/distribution (your hated drug dealers and the mexican cartels), guarantee the safety of the drugs (through the FDA), and it would be another source of tax income for the govt.

but we cant even have a mature discussion about it in congress because the us govt is just another branch of the big corporations. the games fukked up breh. i wouldnt go as far as saying drug dealers are political prisoners, but they are the products of a system that's designed for them to lose.

i can't argue the war on drug culture, cus i think it's bullshyt as well. i'm also not saying these people deserve lengthy sentences because the real damage comes from legal drugs like liquor and nicotine.


im strictly talking about the culture of selling weight as a means of income. should they be considered political prisoners?

 

[Majestic Pape]

Any black man imprisoned is a political prisoner.

Fixed and improved.