I get it. But this is backwards. Most drug crimes are non-violent. And the argument has always been that drugs should not be criminalized to the extent they are. Prosecuting sedition is not about deterrence. It's about making sure people know it's considered wrong.
https://twitter.com/dfsparks/status/1454982625802604547
First of all, I do believe that prosecuting a lot of white people who are participating in this attempted coup would have an effect. White people seeking political power and trying to preserve white supremacy are not the same as people with a drug addiction.
Second. We know there is a huge element of culture and in-grouping at play among Republicans. A lot of people are responding to this because that's what their community is telling them they have to do. If they start seeing people go to jail, that might disrupt the group think.
It also puts a rift between that community and the police. Either the police have to take them to jail, or it becomes obvious that the police have gone rogue. We will also see that those people are treated very differently than Black and brown people when arrested.
None of this is about deterrence. It's about making this into the very serious issue that it is by making it visible and showing people on the right side of it doing their job. People are losing more faith in our democracy every day they watch nothing happen to these people.
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