Apparently there was a vote to decriminalize weed in tx yesterday

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713nervy
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In reply to Ragnar Danneskjoldd • 10:57a, 4/27/23
Ragnar Danneskjoldd said:
we should also repeal like 80% of drivers licenses due to lack of skill. Also, people shouldn't need a license.

Aaaaaaaand you lost me.
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Ragnar Danneskjoldd
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In reply to 713nervy • 12:31p, 4/27/23
713nervy said:
Ragnar Danneskjoldd said:
we should also repeal like 80% of drivers licenses due to lack of skill. Also, people shouldn't need a license.

Aaaaaaaand you lost me.
ohhh thought this was a freedom conversation
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In reply to Irish 2.0 • 1:08p, 4/27/23
Irish 2.0 said:
You have to really really really piss off a cop these days to get cited for weed. They don't care and it isn't worth their time. As long as you're not stoned off your ass and a dick, you probably won't even get a ticket for it.
True in the cities, but not true in the small towns where cops have nothing better to do. Also College Station, where they still have a stick up their ass about weed for some reason.
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1:32p, 4/27/23
Anecdotally, I've heard from multiple people in Colorado that crime has gone way up since legalization. Not sure if that's a cause or a correlation. I believe that though. Several people who don't know each other have told me that. It's worth understanding when considering legalization
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In reply to fightintxaggie10 • 1:35p, 4/27/23
fightintxaggie10 said:
Anecdotally, I've heard from multiple people in Colorado that crime has gone way up since legalization. Not sure if that's a cause or a correlation. I believe that though. Several people who don't know each other have told me that. It's worth understanding when considering legalization
It is also necessary to recognize who runs CO and when the legalization occured. What has dramatically changed in the course of the nine years since it was leaglized? When you stop prosecuting crimes, crimes will go up. Weed has nothing to do with it.
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In reply to histag10 • 1:45p, 4/27/23
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redline248 said:
Weed illegal while tobacco is all over the place is one of the silliest things...and I don't smoke either one


Weed impairs your reflexes and response time. Tobacco doesn't.
Why does that matter if you aren't driving?

No one's saying to do away with DUIs.
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In reply to Irish 2.0 • 1:57p, 4/27/23
Irish 2.0 said:
You have to really really really piss off a cop these days to get cited for weed. They don't care and it isn't worth their time. As long as you're not stoned off your ass and a dick, you probably won't even get a ticket for it.
or be on TAMU campus.
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In reply to Ragnar Danneskjoldd • 2:17p, 4/27/23
Ragnar Danneskjoldd said:
713nervy said:
Ragnar Danneskjoldd said:
we should also repeal like 80% of drivers licenses due to lack of skill. Also, people shouldn't need a license.

Aaaaaaaand you lost me.
ohhh thought this was a freedom conversation
You're free to drive all over your property with no license. Want to drive on a public roadway? You need a license to prove you are capable of operating your vehicle without being a danger to other motorists. Based on the way most of y'all morons drive, the requirements needed to be met for such license should be substantially higher. And driving in the passing lane for no reason should merit the death penalty.
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In reply to Irish 2.0 • 3:13p, 4/27/23
I think there's definitely something to that for sure
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Ragnar Danneskjoldd
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In reply to Slicer97 • 3:41p, 4/27/23
Slicer97 said:
Ragnar Danneskjoldd said:
713nervy said:
Ragnar Danneskjoldd said:
we should also repeal like 80% of drivers licenses due to lack of skill. Also, people shouldn't need a license.

Aaaaaaaand you lost me.
ohhh thought this was a freedom conversation
You're free to drive all over your property with no license. Want to drive on a public roadway? You need a license to prove you are capable of operating your vehicle without being a danger to other motorists. Based on the way most of y'all morons drive, the requirements needed to be met for such license should be substantially higher. And driving in the passing lane for no reason should merit the death penalty.
Whoa whoa whoa, I'm all for freedom, so long as the government is making sure my freedom is approved and safe.
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In reply to barbacoa taco • 4:25p, 4/27/23
barbacoa taco said:
Irish 2.0 said:
You have to really really really piss off a cop these days to get cited for weed. They don't care and it isn't worth their time. As long as you're not stoned off your ass and a dick, you probably won't even get a ticket for it.
True in the cities, but not true in the small towns where cops have nothing better to do. Also College Station, where they still have a stick up their ass about weed for some reason.


Gotta bust them foozeball players bc foozeball is the debil!
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In reply to deer corn • 4:31p, 4/27/23
deer corn said:
barbacoa taco said:
Irish 2.0 said:
You have to really really really piss off a cop these days to get cited for weed. They don't care and it isn't worth their time. As long as you're not stoned off your ass and a dick, you probably won't even get a ticket for it.
True in the cities, but not true in the small towns where cops have nothing better to do. Also College Station, where they still have a stick up their ass about weed for some reason.


Gotta bust them foozeball players bc foozeball is the debil!
It's not just the football players. CSPD preys on everyone and cares about 1 thing, only. Ticket quotas.
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In reply to redline248 • 5:10p, 4/27/23
CSPD single handedly changed my mind about weed legalization.
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In reply to fc2112 • 6:53p, 4/27/23
Ever had that marching band weed? Hits different
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7:05p, 4/27/23
Where's our resident "Ban pot everywhere" fella?

I wanted to gift him some performance art including coins and, well, ya know.
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11:12a, 4/30/23
Devil's Lettuce.
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In reply to Dr.Rumack • 11:37a, 4/30/23
Dr.Rumack said:
Devil's Lettuce.


Jazz Cabbage
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1:00p, 4/30/23
What's stopping the Texas legislature from legalizing it, anyway? The REAL reason? Is it morals?
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In reply to 713nervy • 1:12p, 4/30/23
It's always morals with the Texas legislature
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In reply to 713nervy • 1:54p, 4/30/23
713nervy said:
What's stopping the Texas legislature from legalizing it, anyway? The REAL reason? Is it morals?


Big pharma
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In reply to Seersucker Ag 2011 • 3:17p, 4/30/23
I think you mean big toilet paper.
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In reply to 713nervy • 2:51a, 5/1/23
713nervy said:
What's stopping the Texas legislature from legalizing it, anyway? The REAL reason? Is it morals?
A lieutenant governor who's obsessed with bathrooms and saw the movie reefer madness as a youth and it scared him ****less. Now he thinks weed is evil and will keep it out of Texas at all cost.
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In reply to Grapesoda2525 • 7:56a, 5/1/23
Grapesoda2525 said:
713nervy said:
What's stopping the Texas legislature from legalizing it, anyway? The REAL reason? Is it morals?
A lieutenant governor who's obsessed with bathrooms and saw the movie reefer madness as a youth and it scared him ****less. Now he thinks weed is evil and will keep it out of Texas at all cost.
It's probably more likely there are some powerful lobby groups in Texas keeping it from showing up in a vote. Maybe MADD, some religious groups. I've read that tobacco, alcohol and pharmaceutical groups lobby against it as well.

So it's probably more accurate to say the Lt. Gov in question is more afraid of losing campaign funds
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In reply to 713nervy • 8:53a, 5/1/23
713nervy said:
What's stopping the Texas legislature from legalizing it, anyway? The REAL reason? Is it morals?

The religious right
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In reply to barbacoa taco • 9:15a, 5/1/23
The same folks who bring you dry counties and no casinos.
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In reply to dabo man • 10:32a, 5/1/23
dabo man said:
The same folks who bring you dry counties and no casinos.
Get rid of those things and then what's next?

School dances at Baylor???
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In reply to Grapesoda2525 • 10:36a, 5/1/23
Grapesoda2525 said:
713nervy said:
What's stopping the Texas legislature from legalizing it, anyway? The REAL reason? Is it morals?
A lieutenant governor who's obsessed with bathrooms and saw the movie reefer madness as a youth and it scared him ****less. Now he thinks weed is evil and will keep it out of Texas at all cost.


Grape soda, mah man
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1:21p, 5/1/23
I think the Lt Gov legit doesnt believe its a good idea and a net negative for society. Same as gambling. Lots of money behind legalized gambling, not getting traction in senate.

The obama admin used the dept of education to try to force the bathrooms issue, Texas didnt pick that fight. You cant say republicans responding to transgressive acts of democrats is them "being obsessed" with the issue.
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In reply to tandy miller • 1:25p, 5/1/23
tandy miller said:
Take them to the hospital like if they refuse to blow for alcohol
Or, mind your own business and dont use armed thugs and threats of violence to force people into providing incriminating evidence against themselves.

Starting to think the pro-freedom actors on this thread arent big fans of freedom. Big vibes of people with "Dont tread on me" AND "thin blue line" stickers on their truck in here.
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1:26p, 5/1/23
When do they vote on the important issues like cancelling time changes?
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In reply to 713nervy • 2:11p, 5/1/23
713nervy said:
What's stopping the Texas legislature from legalizing it, anyway? The REAL reason? Is it morals?
Just like everything with politics. If the other side perceives something as good, then it must be bad. And we've got to pwn them.
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6:00p, 5/1/23
I think the point here is the difference between Libertarianism vs. Conservatism. These groups agree on things such as free markets, but they disagree on other issues.

I think the opening statements around 10:27 in this video show this:
https://www.heritage.org/event/libertarianism-vs-conservatism
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In reply to GrimesCoAg95 • 8:46a, 5/2/23
GrimesCoAg95 said:
I think the point here is the difference between Libertarianism vs. Conservatism. These groups agree on things such as free markets, but they disagree on other issues.

I think the opening statements around 10:27 in this video show this:
https://www.heritage.org/event/libertarianism-vs-conservatism
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