"Democratic leaders have raised concerns that honoring a prolific serial killer might send the wrong message, claiming that even very rude people shouldn't be executed and eaten regardless of how delicious the meal ends up tasting."

Susan Collins is concerned too, but she'll be a 👍 in the end.

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Did you know Jason only started wearing the hockey mask in the third film, Jarret? I got it wrong at Trivia Night. 🫤

It's almost impossible to overstate the chaos and harm he's done.

🎯The fantasy is that virtue comes bundled with identity.
Reality is messier. Power attracts the same personalities no matter who holds it. Every group has its saints and its wolves.
The grass always looks greener in hypotheticals. 🌱🐺

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That framing invites conditional compassion. Conditional compassion collapses under political pressure.

In fact, they must be included first, not last. If policy works for them, it will work for everyone else. Please consider there is a tendency to treat SUD as a tragic exception rather than a legitimate human condition deserving of autonomy, care, and safety.

Physicians faced coercion, surveillance, and moral injury. The groups were fragmented while policy hardened. And guess what? Prohibition thrives on fragmentation. Structural reform requires alliance with those w/SUD.

Is this really about blame or alliance failure? Blame feels satisfying because it offers a moral target. A villain. But it does not explain why harmful policy persists. Pain patients faced abandonment and betrayal. People with SUD were criminalized and stigmatized.

Not sure that view has reached the States yet. 🤔

Geez. I recognize you. Didn't you once get interviewed by Bill O'Reilly? 🤨

I'm intrigued. I live in NJ where full service is required by law --we can't pump our own gas. Tipping is/was not a thing. The "enhanced services" in the 70s were baked into the transaction. The attendants were pretty good w/directions too. In NJ, it was all just part of the experience.