Conservatism vs Progressivism

[iruinedyourday]

Of course people in jail often commit crimes to get there, you so dumb to think progressives think everyone in there is innocent?

a progressive looks at the way people in poor parts of the country are behaving - lets take selling crack for example.

well, for one putting people in jail for selling crack, does nothing to stop people from selling it. Infact it increases the amount of crime in the areas where people sell it. Hence some of the other inmates being jailed, for:

Originally Posted by Filthy_Pagan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

"my girl was cheating on me so i beat the shit out of her" or "i shot somebody over a gang dispute".

A progressive looks at why are people in this neighborhood selling crack, is it because they are poor and miserable and human, (don't forget ALL humans do drugs) crack is just the cheapest one available?

If we legalize drug use and provide health care for anyone, like in any developed nation we reduce crime, reduce addiction, reduce usage.

who pays for it?

people likely outside of your tax bracket, so not you.

who saves money?

you do, because quality of life increases and cost of living well goes down. Less cost for insurance , less cost for health care, less cost for education.

taking care of your neighbor means you have good neighbors, treating your neighbor like shit, means they have a shitty neighbor.

Now all that aside, how come you don't hear any stores from filthy pagan about all the white people who do coke, which is the same fucking drug as crack.

OH YEA cus the CONSERVATIVE run system was attempting to disenfranchise black voters by sending them to jail thereby revoking their ability to vote.