Good to hear that in general, the field seems to be giving the false god of objectity a good beat down these days.
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We’ll see if the field can withstand the current era with it’s humanity intact. I suspect that there might be more Heidiggers vs. Arendts in various history departments (at least some of the high profile ones).
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About 9-10 years ago, I went to a concert of an original ska/rocksteady/reggae (he bridged all of those genres) artist whose name unfortunately I cannot recall, in London. I was quite surprised, seeing a bunch of 60+ year olds white folks with shaved heads, bomber jackets and boots, but it was obvious after 15 minutes that these were OG skins, that first wave who just loved west indian music and culture.
I wish I remembered who I went to see, as he was awesome, not a big guy, but he had silver dreads that hung to his ankles, and still loved performing 
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Holy shit, talk about tone deaf…
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Yeah, “cannabis users” must be like, Number 48 on the Elimination List.
And of course, whatever persecution they’ve faced has mostly been mild at best compared to the threats faced by others, then and now.
And also, using it is a choice, not a – gaah, the idiocy, it burns!
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I mean, I’m all for legalization and I know that cops do shit like plant stuff on people so they can arrest them… and yeah, it’s a real problem, especially for Black men… but it’s not to the level of nazi shit…
Indeed!
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