[NobleFree]

Dope is stupid, but the federal government should simply butt out. It’s not in their mission statement (constitution).

Distressing how many self-proclaimed "conservatives" refuse to get this.

[robroys woman]

Distressing how many self-proclaimed “conservatives” refuse to get this.

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I’ve noticed that a lot of “conservatives” are really in the “do it my way” camp rather than the “constitutionalist” camp. It’s how we ended up with things like the blue laws.

I’ve gotten into pretty heated discussions with the Baptist professors at the local Baptist university when the city was voting to finally go wet (yep, we still have prohibition of alcohol down here). I tried to argue that it is a personal responsibility thing for adults. They kept saying they didn’t want their loved ones dying in drunk driver crashes - no matter how many times I told them and supplied links to information to support the simple fact that more people, per capita, die in alcohol related accidents in dry counties than in wet counties.

For them it was about safety (and that was even false) while for me it was about freedom.

[gogeo]

Distressing how many self-proclaimed "conservatives" refuse to get this.

If life were as simple as you seem to think it is, no one would ever disagree about anything.

[itsahoot]

Distressing how many self-proclaimed "conservatives" refuse to get this.

Most of those conservatives know who pays for the Idle dopers.