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Pete Guither
Personal blog · drugwarrant.compolitics
Pete Guither writes Drug WarRant, a personal blog at drugwarrant.com about politics. Since 2012, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Commenters link Pete Guither's article on why marijuana is illegal, citing racism, fear, corporate profits, yellow journalism and greed as the causes. The comments use it as a source and do not judge its writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- /articles/why-is-marijuana-illegal/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-08-27
What Hacker News says?
You’ll also see that the history of marijuana’s criminalization is filled with: - Racism - Fear - Protection of Corporate Profits - Yellow Journalism - Ignorant, Incompetent, and/or Corrupt Legislators - Personal Career Advancement and Greed These are the actual reasons marijuana is illegal. Some messed up stuff right here: http://www.drugwarrant.com/articles/why-is-marijuana-illegal...
Comment linking /articles/why-is-marijuana-illegal/
on “Alaskans vote to legalize marijuana”Submitted Guatemalan president want to legalize drugs as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI'm looking at your link, its related links and your comment history. I think I see where it's all going..... I simply say that it's a combination of identity loss and racism. The War on Drugs, particularly weed, was pretty much started purely because of greed & racism. http://www.drugwarrant.com/articles/why-is-marijuana-illegal... When alcohol was attempted to be made illegal, too many white people got mad so that…
Comment linking /articles/why-is-marijuana-illegal/
on “Map of America's Racial Segregation”