God Bless the Amish
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rynlingI recently wrote to a friend that I lose HP every second I spend on Twitter, and this is not a lie, but there are some accounts that I wholeheartedly support.
Dr. Chuck Tingle is one. https://twitter.com/ChuckTingle
The comic artist Yuko Ota is another. https://twitter.com/aidosaur
The gothic memelord Doth is yet another. https://twitter.com/DothTheDoth
Arnold Schwarzenegger posts adorable pet videos. https://twitter.com/Schwarzenegger
And it might surprise people to learn that Tom Wolf, the extremely earnest and sincere governor of Pennsylvania (kind of like a male version of Hillary Clinton), is also killing it on Twitter. https://twitter.com/GovernorTomWolf
Wolf is currently campaigning not only to fully decriminalize marijuana, but also to subsidize it. This is a social justice issue involving breaking the "pot to prison pipeline," but it's also a matter of not losing sales to New Jersey and New York, both of which are scheduled to grant licenses to farms and dispensaries by the end of the summer. (If you drive through either state, it's clear for anyone to see that all of the infrastructure is already set up.)
Pennsylvania is staunchly Republican in most districts outside of Philadelphia. If Wolf's proposed legislation passes, it will be because of an unlikely group of supporters in Western Pennsylvania - the Amish.
Like all groups of religious people, the Amish aren't without their problems, but they've been active in supporting the BLM movement during the past few years. Their support has included showing up to protests to stand as a wall between the Black populations of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and the police, as well as distributing beautiful hand-crafted wooden signs, hand-sewn and embroidered facemasks, and strawberry lemonade. So the Amish are into the full legalization of marijuana for reasons related to social justice...
...but also, everyone in the entire tri-state area knows that they grow the best produce and make the most delicious baked goods.
Dr. Chuck Tingle is one. https://twitter.com/ChuckTingle
The comic artist Yuko Ota is another. https://twitter.com/aidosaur
The gothic memelord Doth is yet another. https://twitter.com/DothTheDoth
Arnold Schwarzenegger posts adorable pet videos. https://twitter.com/Schwarzenegger
And it might surprise people to learn that Tom Wolf, the extremely earnest and sincere governor of Pennsylvania (kind of like a male version of Hillary Clinton), is also killing it on Twitter. https://twitter.com/GovernorTomWolf
Wolf is currently campaigning not only to fully decriminalize marijuana, but also to subsidize it. This is a social justice issue involving breaking the "pot to prison pipeline," but it's also a matter of not losing sales to New Jersey and New York, both of which are scheduled to grant licenses to farms and dispensaries by the end of the summer. (If you drive through either state, it's clear for anyone to see that all of the infrastructure is already set up.)
Pennsylvania is staunchly Republican in most districts outside of Philadelphia. If Wolf's proposed legislation passes, it will be because of an unlikely group of supporters in Western Pennsylvania - the Amish.
Like all groups of religious people, the Amish aren't without their problems, but they've been active in supporting the BLM movement during the past few years. Their support has included showing up to protests to stand as a wall between the Black populations of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and the police, as well as distributing beautiful hand-crafted wooden signs, hand-sewn and embroidered facemasks, and strawberry lemonade. So the Amish are into the full legalization of marijuana for reasons related to social justice...
...but also, everyone in the entire tri-state area knows that they grow the best produce and make the most delicious baked goods.
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Date: 2021-06-09 05:43 pm (UTC)I hope it passes. Illinois did our legalization in a way I thought was well-thought-out (blanket deletion of all convictions for all possession under an ounce, fill out paperwork for 1-15 ounces, go before a judge for a pound or more). I hope PA is able to do similar or better.
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Date: 2021-06-10 12:47 pm (UTC)But not half as incredible as the Hispanic bakeries in College Park and the Asian bakeries in Rockville.
I keep trying to explain to people what a beautiful and incredible part of the world that corner of Maryland is, and nobody gets it. I think you probably get it, though.
I still make a trip down that way about once a month. Mostly it's to get out of the house and drive around looking at people's lawns when a certain type of tree or flower is in bloom, but also it's definitely for the tea and cakes.
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Date: 2021-06-14 04:29 pm (UTC)I also miss mid-Atlantic spring so badly. Chicago has finally hit the warm breezy sunny thing but we'll only have it for about a week before suddenly, summer.