I know a lot of people who are having trouble handling the way things are going. The left has engaged in sustained, random, low-intensity violence on a national level. People feel they need to prepare, but they can't retaliate, and that constant edgy readiness is already wearing people down while the left continues to randomly burn and loot with impunity.
Do people have some ideas on how to handle that constant background noise without getting worn down and losing before the fight even begins? I've been able to compartmentalize and just wait to do the job that's in front of me, but not everyone can do that.
It should have never been criminalized, I agree with you there. But now that it has, decriminalization comes with its own problems: namely, certain negative demographics (Californians and leftists in general) tend to move where it's legal.
Where would you rather live: someplace where it's illegal on paper but you can grow and use it at home provided you aren't causing trouble and aren't smoking it in town, or where it's completely legal and now you have a bunch of Californians moving into town? I assure you the latter is more damaging to your state long-term than the former.
That's a false dichotomy. I prefer to live where there aren't fucking people. Period.