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CONSERVATIVE HOLLYWOOD WEBSITE IN
FREAKOUT MODE!
OVER STING AND GEORGE SOROS SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE DRUG WAR
Andrew Breitbart's popular right-wing website, Big Hollywood, just published a
blistering attack on the musician Sting, philanthropist George Soros, and
formally incarcerated activist Anthony Papa for appearing in an anti-drug war
video, a two-minute promo where people share their feelings about the failed
drug war and the reasons they support the Drug Policy Alliance.
Sting states that he believes in the right to "sovereignty over one's mind
and body" and that "the war on drugs represents an extraordinary
violation of human rights." Montel expresses his view that, "Whether
you use drugs or not, you deserve to be treated with kindness and dignity."
Soros, meanwhile, explains that he supports the Drug Policy Alliance because the
organization "promotes harm reduction" and "fosters debate on
drug policy." Anthony Papa talks about his experience spending 12 years in
prison for a first time nonviolent drug offense.
Author Kurt Schlichter rips into all and everyone and appears disgusted that
Sting or Soros or Montel would have the gall to think that they have any
insights into this issue.
He accuses Sting of wanting "drug dealing scumbags" to run free while
he "retreats behind his gates and armed guards."
He argues that Anthony Papa made out great by spending 12 years of his life
locked up for taking part in a small-time drug deal where he was set to make
$500. He says that Papa became an artist behind bars "on the
taxpayer's dime" and that "some Hollywood half-wit even scooped up the
rights to his inspiring story." Schlichter claims to speak for "most
of us" and asks, "Why only 12 years?"
He even mocks the video for claiming that the drug war is a war on people of
color, ignoring the fact that African-Americans are 13 times more likely to end
up incarcerated, even though they use and sell drugs at rates similar to white
people.
Schlichter's rant reminds me of Rush Limbaugh, who scoffed at the idea that
African-Americans are disproportionately arrested on drug charges, and suggested
that the solution was to arrest more white people. But once Limbaugh was
busted for sending his maid out to score him OxyContin and it came out that he
was addicted to pills, he quickly changed his tune about the benefits of sending
more white people to jail. I imagine the same gross hypocrisy would be
true for Schlichter. If he or someone he loved got busted for using or
selling drugs, would he still ask "why only 12 years?"
Schlichter thinks he really nails it when he asks Sting to expand the discussion
and get the opinions of Michael Jackson, Health Ledger, Brad Renfro, DJ AM, and
Brittany Murphy. "Oh wait, they're all dead." How ironic that
Schlichter tries to pin these tragic overdose deaths on drug war critics.
It is under drug prohibition that we have record numbers of overdose deaths, and
it is advocates like the Drug Policy Alliance who are offering real and proven
solutions to prevent overdose fatalities and save lives.
Last month, the Associated Press dropped a bomb on America's longest running
war. The headline said it all: "The US Drug War has Met None of its
Goals." The first sentence of the piece asks, "After 40 years, the
United States' War on Drugs has cost $1 trillion dollars and hundreds of
thousands of lives, and for what?"
Schlichter pretends to be the guy in tune with "the people" and that
the speakers in the video are living in a privileged bubble, but in reality, it
is he who is out of touch and on the wrong side of history.
Pubdate:
Thu, 10 Jun 2010
Source: AlterNet (US Web)
Copyright: 2010 Independent Media Institute
Author: Tony Newman
Note: Tony Newman is director of media relations for the Drug Policy
Alliance.
Referenced: The video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0A1XTlJAio
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