Her positions on weed evolve/devolve to fit her current political ambitions.
This time around, she simply switched sides and laughed off those questions too.
Just as a factual FYI, it looks like cannabis is less than half as popular in Jamaica as it is in the US. (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.
Yes, I wasnt all that sharp in my focus.
Jamaica is a significant source of, and transshipment point for, 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.
I’ve had it with these melon farming questions about melon farming melon farmers.