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Cynthia Nixon ignites outrage for saying marijuana could be ‘form of reparations’
NY Daily News ^ | May 7, 2018 | Kenneth Lovett

Posted on 05/09/2018 7:05:09 AM PDT by lowbridge

Cynthia Nixon took heat Monday from black leaders over her comments that creating a legalized pot industry in New York could serve as a form of reparations in black communities.

Nixon on Saturday told Forbes magazine "now that cannabis is exploding as an industry, we have to make sure that those communities that have been harmed and devastated by marijuana arrests get the first shot at this industry."

"We (must) prioritize them in terms of licenses. It's a form of reparations."

The comments came under fire from some community leaders.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: abortion; andrewcuomo; blackkk; cynthianixon; ericschneiderman; globalwarminghoax; homosexualagenda; illindegenerates; libertarians; marijuana; medicalmarijuana; newyork; potheadlogic; reefermademess; reparations
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Full title: Cynthia Nixon ignites outrage for saying marijuana could be ‘form of reparations’ in black neighborhoods
1 posted on 05/09/2018 7:05:09 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

Huh, go figure. A brain dead liberal making a brain dead comment.


2 posted on 05/09/2018 7:06:28 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: lowbridge

Must.......bite.......fingers........before........I........type......what......I.......want........to........type......owwwwwwwwwwww......


3 posted on 05/09/2018 7:06:50 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: lowbridge

I’ve heard the same said by black activists, met with no outrage at all.


4 posted on 05/09/2018 7:08:22 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: lowbridge

Yeah. Black neighborhoods need more drugs. And while you’re at it, chase all the cops out before they shoot somebody. Let the ferals just police themselves while everybody gets high as a kite.

And, you know, if it all goes badly, we’ll just blame Trump. Because racism.


5 posted on 05/09/2018 7:08:27 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: lowbridge

Damn, hoping she would keep it together long enough to do some damage to Cueball.

Oh well.


6 posted on 05/09/2018 7:08:52 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (My "White Privilege" is my work ethic.)
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To: lowbridge

NYC is a cesspool.


7 posted on 05/09/2018 7:11:05 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: lowbridge

Someday the rants and true disposition of condescending liberals like Cynthia Nixon will help the black community finally realize how badly they have been hurt by the Democratic Party.


8 posted on 05/09/2018 7:12:10 AM PDT by allendale (.)
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To: Wolfie

I’m black and I’ve been saying this for years. It’s sort of too late now, but I was thinking of it as analogous to how tribes in some places have a monopoly on gambling.


9 posted on 05/09/2018 7:12:42 AM PDT by Behind the Blue Wall
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To: lowbridge

Her senses have been stripped.


10 posted on 05/09/2018 7:13:21 AM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: ealgeone

I fully endorse Ms. Nixon as the Democratic candidate for upcoming primary election.


11 posted on 05/09/2018 7:15:26 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: lowbridge

This Nixon chick is another kook. Cuomo a shoe in for re election!!! I feel like a prisoner in my home state!!!}


12 posted on 05/09/2018 7:16:50 AM PDT by MGunny
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To: lowbridge

DOH! Actors are so friggin’ smart.


13 posted on 05/09/2018 7:19:43 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: ClearCase_guy

[ Yeah. Black neighborhoods need more drugs. And while you’re at it, chase all the cops out before they shoot somebody. Let the ferals just police themselves while everybody gets high as a kite.

And, you know, if it all goes badly, we’ll just blame Trump. Because racism. ]

This is why rich Leftists build walls around the communities they live in, while everyone else has to directly deal with the consequences of the “utopia” they create...


14 posted on 05/09/2018 7:20:58 AM PDT by GraceG ("Trust, But Verify the Plan!")
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To: lowbridge

What she misses is that legalizing pot will eliminate the market for “inner city” pot dealers, transferring it to legitimate store fronts, probably owned by Asians.

Let’s face it, where do you think a suburbanite wanting to get some pot would prefer to go? Some seedy urban neighborhood? Or be able to just get a bag at his local liquor store?


15 posted on 05/09/2018 7:21:29 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: ealgeone

Are we sure she wasn’t one of the slap toys of a certain former AG there?


16 posted on 05/09/2018 7:24:46 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: ealgeone

NYC is a cesspool. ...................... It was once the melting pot of the nation. People actually got along with each other. Yes there were neighborhoods that were ethnically populated or divided, but there were no riots or demands for anything. You could walk the streets without being harmed in any of the neighborhoods. Just like today, well they tell me that things are better now than they were in the 50’s and 60’s. Of course most who tell me that weren’t around at the time. LOL, we went from unlocked doors to 4 locks and bared windows, but its better now, right? We had major drug problems back then, aspirins went up to 59 cents a bottle.


17 posted on 05/09/2018 7:24:51 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (Damn Tag line, fouled up again, thanks cursor.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Come on ... whites have their privilege and inner city feral blacks have their dime bags ... real equality.


18 posted on 05/09/2018 7:28:11 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: lowbridge

Nixon has a paternalistic view of black people like so many wealthy white liberals do. Such an asinine statement, but hardly shocking from the likes of her.


19 posted on 05/09/2018 7:28:37 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: lowbridge

Whites are already put at the back of every line by affirmative action.


20 posted on 05/09/2018 7:29:57 AM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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