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> Talk about guns, then talk about drugs, and each party literally adopts the arguments of the other.

Except libertarians.

We believe in decriminalization of both.




Most Americans actually believe in the decriminalization of both - you don't need to be a libertarian. It is the parties they vote for that don't.


You're right. I only meant the big two; I went through about five variations of the phrasing and couldn't find one that wasn't awkward.

Fixed for correctness.


And authoritarians, believing in criminalization of both.

Gun laws reflect a society's general property rights, and drug laws their intellectual freedom.




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