# Harris's father pushes back on comment made by daughter **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 21, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harriss-father-pushes-back-on-comment-made-by-daughter/829940 "2019-02-21T02:49:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harriss-father-pushes-back-on-comment-made-by-daughter/829940/41 "2019-02-23T18:35:25Z")
Her [positions on weed](https://archives.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2014/10/08/marijuana-advocates-ditch-kamala-harris-for-weed-friendly-republican) evolve/devolve to fit her current political ambitions. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harriss-father-pushes-back-on-comment-made-by-daughter/829940/42 "2019-02-23T18:54:48Z")
> [@](#): > > But since ascending to Sacramento, Harris has been bad on drug reform, weed advocates say, and has shut herself off from her old city’s legal marijuana industry. The last straw was this summer, **when the attorney general laughed off questions about her support for marijuana legalization**. This time around, she simply switched sides and laughed off those questions too. ---
**Author:** ![snoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@snoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snoe)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harriss-father-pushes-back-on-comment-made-by-daughter/829940/43 "2019-02-23T21:47:36Z")
Just as a factual FYI, [it looks like cannabis is less than half as popular in Jamaica as it is in the US](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/maps-and-graphics/mapped-the-countries-that-smoke-the-most-cannabis/). (If you judge by the percentage of the population that consumes it; there would be other ways to judge “popularity,” I guess.) My two cents? I can see why her dad\* is taking offense; it’s a stereotype, and (if the cite above is correct) an inaccurate one. I don’t think she said it with malice. As for putting a shiny gloss on her record? That is politics, and I hope she – or whoever the 2020 nominee is – gets lots of practice doing that in the next year. This example doesn’t seem to cross any serious lines. A better joke would have been “are you kidding? I’m a Gen Xer\*\* from Oakland” or something. - the “her dad” part is, obviously, weird. \*\* this may be contested; she was born in 1964. But I’ll say it: no way is she a Boomer. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harriss-father-pushes-back-on-comment-made-by-daughter/829940/44 "2019-02-23T21:49:29Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > Sorry Ambivalid, but I think you agree. Yes, I wasnt all that sharp in my focus. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harriss-father-pushes-back-on-comment-made-by-daughter/829940/45 "2019-02-23T22:26:09Z")
Jamaica is a significant [source of](http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/jamaica-remains-largest-caribbean-supplier-of-ganja-to-us_130132&template=MobileArticle), and [transshipment point for](https://www.philstar.com/world/2015/03/08/1431396/drug-cartels-eye-jamaica-new-hub-cocaine-trafficking-inbc), drug trafficking. Ganja is not merely viewed as a Rasta thing by Jamaicans - it is also part of a criminal drug trafficking network that also moves cocaine and guns. The effects of drug related violence have been a serious issue in Jamaica for many years. The implication from Harris’ remark could be seen as highly offensive to Jamaicans who have struggled with the effects of drug related violence for many years. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harriss-father-pushes-back-on-comment-made-by-daughter/829940/46 "2019-02-24T08:29:29Z")
> [@Iggy](#): > > Jamaica is a significant [source of](http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/jamaica-remains-largest-caribbean-supplier-of-ganja-to-us_130132&template=MobileArticle), and [transshipment point for](https://www.philstar.com/world/2015/03/08/1431396/drug-cartels-eye-jamaica-new-hub-cocaine-trafficking-inbc), drug trafficking. Ganja is not merely viewed as a Rasta thing by Jamaicans - it is also part of a criminal drug trafficking network that also moves cocaine and guns. The effects of drug related violence have been a serious issue in Jamaica for many years. > > The implication from Harris’ remark could be seen as highly offensive to Jamaicans who have struggled with the effects of drug related violence for many years. While true, that ignores the fact that if marijuana was legalized, _which was the point_, that wouldn’t be true anymore, _which is the whole point_. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harriss-father-pushes-back-on-comment-made-by-daughter/829940/47 "2019-02-24T16:28:59Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > ‘So, Senator, what’s your position on subsidies for watermelon farmers?’ > > ‘I’m in favor of them. Heck, half my fam - er, let me rephrase that…’ > > Regards, > Shodan > Disclaimer: Not a Harris fan, not a Jamaican, in favor of legalization, and not particularly offended but still willing to make a joke about it I’ve had it with these melon farming questions about melon farming melon farmers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harriss-father-pushes-back-on-comment-made-by-daughter/829940.md?page=2)