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We've been taught to fear and be ashamed of the pejorative "stoner" label by what has until now been the dominant culture.
We're fixin' to take over, and we are going to appropriate the labels used against us, the same way African Americans have taken back the "n" word and women have taken back the "b" word.
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My small contribution is to do away with my "Clear Eyes" and "Visine"! Run those glossed over blood shot eyes with pride!!
Fuck that shit, I tend to go for the Motto held by the Rangers of the Armed Forces of America. "Kill em' All, Let God sort em' Out".
weren't you just on the other side of the argument? you can keep calling it marijuana, but they can't take stoner back? I say stop pandering to those who'se opinions will never change. Stoner in a suit = defendant to some people. (also, i've done time for it, i'll call it whatever the hell i want)
couldnt agree more, i've never understood trying to pander to the sensibilities of those who'll never change their mind about us. They see a stoner in a suit they just see a defendant.
Only the "M" word which you are using needs to go... coined by Harry Anslinger himself to strike fear in the hearts of white men that the "evil weed" will make their daughters "wanna" sleep with and "marry juan a"! We are Cannabis Nation!... not prohibitionist hate slang nation!
Turn about is fair play. If anyone who uses marijuana is a stoner, then anyone who uses alcohol should be referred to as a "boozer." If everyone who uses marijuana is like the characters from a Cheech and Chong movie, then everyone who uses alcohol is like Otis Campbell (look it up). Why don't we refer to the opposition with the same sorts of derogatory names and stereotypes as they do with us? Whenever someone refers to legalization advocates as stoners, make sure you refer to them as boozers in your response. Then if they say they (or most alcohol consumers) are just casual users, not alcoholics, you have a starting point for a discussion. Give those boozers a taste of their own medicine, so to speak.
