It would be impossible to miss out on all the recent buzz about Ron Paul in the cannabis community. Marc Emery is pushing Ron Paul at every turn and every time I visit CC I hear more and more about how great Ron Paul is. Sure there are some great things about Ron Paul. He never supported the war in Iraq, for example. He is opposed to the war on drugs.
But it is impossible for me to overlook his pro-life views.
You see, the fact is, the entire world hates women. We are the sex-class and the entire battle for reproductive freedom illustrates this quite beautifully. Marriage was nothing more than the way that men traditionally controlled womens' reproduction. When birth control came along, it threatened that control of womens' bodies and sexuality that men have enjoyed for thousands of years. Now that we have safe abortion and birth control, women can control their bodily functions. But there is no way in the world that men wanted to give it up. Hence, god-bags like Ron Paul (and his supporters) find ways to infringe on womens' rights. This leave-it-to-the-states mentality is the way that they are justifying these views. This is the same way that Jim Crow laws were justified.
The simple fact is that there is absolutely no way to justify a pro-life stance. None. If you can not control your body and your reproduction, you are not free. It's just that simple. Why is this a point of contention?
What we all need to fight against is patriarchy - the paradigm of submission and domination that defines and poisons all human relationships. Master and Slave. Dominator and dominated. United States vs. the world. Husbands and wives. Parents and children. White and black. Johns and the prostituted. Men and women.
Fighting the drug war is one way of fighting the patriarchy. After all, the idea that the government has the right to throw people in jail for smoking the wrong plants is just one more example of patriarchy at its' finest. But let's not lose sight of the big picture. We have to stand for the rights of all human beings.
I realize that the perfect presidential candidate does not exist. (Kucinich anyone?) We still have to choose between a douche and a turd. But the way that the cannabis community is making excuses for Ron Paul is pathetic. Sometimes I question the wisdom of working to reform the drug laws alongside privileged white, straight liberal dudes. Will they ever see women as human beings?
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