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[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 121 points 9 hours ago (5 children)

it's not about the weed, it's about making more excuses to detain/arrest/murder brown people

[–] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 43 points 9 hours ago

this combined with them really pushing to make recording the police a felony

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 22 points 7 hours ago (5 children)

Ding

Not a full ding ding ding, but a bit of ding

It's definitely about the brown people, but it's also about religious control over people. Soon buggery will be prohibited for some bullshit reason, divorce will be outlawed again so that Texas finally finally can get back to its racist roots of the 1800's. All we need then is some good ol' slavery to finish it all off

[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 7 hours ago

Sodomy/buggery is technically still illegal in Texas

It’s unenforceable because the Supreme Court overturned the states ability to enforce the law but they’ve still never removed the laws. The last attempt was in 2023 and failed. They have arguably fought to protect the laws on the books for a time like now, when they could challenge and overturn the 2003 decision made in Lawrence v Texas and suddenly reenact all of those laws at once without having to re establish a legal framework once a sympathetic supreme court opens the floodgates for homophobia

[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 9 points 7 hours ago

May I introduce you to the Texas Prison System? They clean our highways, do hard labor, work for our universities doing landscaping,

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 hours ago

yep, that's why they're trying to swap the meanings of "education" and "indoctrination"-- accuse schools of "liberal indoctrination" and take over all the boards so they can force their own "education" which is literally the textbook definition of indoctrination

from the party of "god gave us free will!!!" which is also the party of "you will believe in jesus or else"

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[–] Zenith@lemm.ee 15 points 7 hours ago

Legalized weed makes everything safer, crime goes down, people are dealing with addiction less, drinking even goes down, all of these things are terrible for the police

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 5 points 4 hours ago

to be exact, to fill up those 70+ for profit prisons in texas.

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[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 106 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

As a Canadian, I can't believe how sad the US has become, and they're regressing in freefall mode.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 75 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

You ain't seen nothing yet!

- Reaches into pants and grabs a massive mound of turd and then rubs it all over own face -

Yeah, you're triggered now, you idiot. I'm so free!

- Coughs in sepsis -

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 17 points 9 hours ago

New HHS guidance recommends against the term “sepsis”. We’re goin full humors now, boiiiiiii

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 hours ago

You forgot to mention something about "woke" and "radical" something or other.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

That's Texas, it's different.

[–] LemmyFeed@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Texas is the beta test for the rest of America.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

One star, because it wouldn't let us put zero.

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[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 42 points 9 hours ago

Man, when even weed money can't move past your draconian and shitty religious doctrine. Conservatives are a plague on society's progress.

[–] rbamgnxl5@lemm.ee 28 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

May as well get used to the cold weather by moving north since we will have to run to Canada next.

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 14 points 9 hours ago

That’s why Trump keeps talking about invading Canada

[–] CtrlAltDefeat@sh.itjust.works 11 points 10 hours ago

Easier to secede to Canada if you share a border

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 7 hours ago (8 children)

I’ve got some mates who live in MN and you’re limited to 10mg edibles and drinkables, no regular Delta 9 bud, and weak solvent vape pens (no resin or rosin)

Their shitty republican neighbor state has real bud and more than 10mg consumables…

MN is almost there re:pot, but not quite!

[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 27 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Come to Michigan. Help us go from a swing state to a solid blue, and enjoy some of the cheapest high quality legal weed you can find.

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago

Michigan dispensaries are the shit!

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 7 hours ago

I was down in the US for a festival and made some Michigan friends who had the best dabs I’ve ever tried in my life.

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

That's just the hemp stuff. They just passed legal weed a couple of years ago and are still setting up the market but we should have dispensaries open this year.

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[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

They made a shit show out of the licencing. First they sold permits, but then decided they were going to favor minorities in the licencing process. Royalty pissing off people who had already paid the huge fee. The new scheme got struck down in the courts. Now nobody knows what's happening with it. Except the tribes, who are the only people able to commercially grow at the moment. Total shit show, a Minnesota classic.

But you can grow your own.

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

I live near a dispensary and they sell a lot more than that, I think it's only hemp that's restricted. Edibles and stuff you can buy the pound of you can swallow the taxes.

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[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 21 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

No way would I encourage anyone from that shitty state to move to my state. Stay there and deal with the mess you made.

[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

I'm surprised you don't have idiots replying to you while locked in a loop of saying "But Austin is libral though!" over and over.

[–] riverSpirit@thelemmy.club 15 points 9 hours ago

Why is Texas so communist? Freedom haters the lot of them.

[–] MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I moved to Minnesota from San Diego 5 years ago and it feels like a better decision every single day

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Aiming my way there from Ohio within the next year, any recommendations?

[–] LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee 8 points 8 hours ago (9 children)

Get to know other transplants to Minnesota ahead of time or find a way to meet some once you move. Native Minnesotans are notoriously tough to befriend; many Minnesotans have friend groups that go back to primary school and can be kind of standoffish at first.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Nah, we don't have friends groups that go back to primary school

Wait does that include middle school and highschool too?

And we aren't standoffish! Just don't face us directly if talking, that's rude you ain't a cop. And keep your opinions uncommitted. It's rude to express anything that can give the impression you have a strong opinion or feeling about something. Why are you guys talking so much anyway, there's perfectly good hotdish goin to waste.

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[–] MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

The cities are cool, and like any major metropolitan area, every neighborhood has its own vibe. Duluth is a REALLY cool city, and totally worth a look. But I ended up in this small, off the freeway, city called Northfield. It's really nice. There are plenty of jobs, lots of services, the rent is okay, and there are two liberal arts colleges here, which means that this tends to be a really progressive area

[–] LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee 5 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

Northfield is progressive or the whole area? I would think you go 5 minutes in any direction and that sentiment would change.

[–] MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Northfield is progressive. All around are farms. But it's not all that far from the cities, either.

[–] LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I'm familiar with Northfield but I'm also familiar with Randolph, Elko/New Market, Farmington and those areas don't scream progressive to me which is why I was curious.

[–] MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 hours ago

No, they're not. They're all a lot more rural. I don't think many people consider Northfield because it's out of the way and off the freeway (and surrounded by nothing), which is one of the reasons I think it is the way it is hahaha

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[–] dumples@midwest.social 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Come fly into the twin cities and take a look around. There's tons of different neighborhoods and you can drive to the major other cities in a day. Duluth is great and got a whole different biome from the Twin Cities. You can go to Rochester which is growing fast and has the Mayo Clinic if you need or want to work medical care. I love stillwater since it's a small town close to the twin cities but not really a suburb. You can't really go wrong.

Also to note Minnesota has three different ecological biomes in it. Prairies, coniferous forest and deciduous forests. So you can pick your landscape and see others nearby

[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 6 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

You can go to Rochester which is growing fast and has the Mayo Clinic

Does it also have the Miracle Whip Faith Healing Center?

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[–] dumples@midwest.social 3 points 7 hours ago

I'm sure you can find one nearby

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Lol

That's the sort of thing someone might pay a stupid amount of money to make a sandwich shop nearby and name it that

[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

That’s a storming good idea.

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[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 8 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

We had a local place near me selling red "make weed gas again" hats. I've been in one time since and it has been completely dead during normally heavy traffic times.

Like these idiots don't know or even cared what they voted for other than "I'm a dude, I can't vote for a woman"

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[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 5 points 7 hours ago (6 children)

What’s Minnesota like? I grew up in snow but now reside in the southern heat and I don’t like it.

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[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Anyone still listening to JRE know what he thinks about it? I wonder if he went full hypocrite at this rate or still has some principles.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 4 hours ago

he went from weed to horse ROIDS.

[–] Texas_Hangover@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 hours ago

That would really piss me off. I hate having reasons to go to Oklahoma.

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