Thermidor is when a revolutionary state starts to swing back towards the conditions of the pre-revolutionary system that it replaced. The subject matter of this blog deals with this phenomenon, but the topics also range from philosophy and rhetoric to entertainment and arts. In general it is a blog of my thoughts and experiences.
Monday, July 12, 2010
The Anti-smoking movement is classist and racist
The anti-smoking movement in this country goes hand in hand with the phony environmentalism of middle class suburbia. In an attempt to 'improve' public health, these advocates ( who Im sure are a minority group of upper-middle class whites) have made the unfriendly streets even more unfriendly. And who are the people that smoke? Mostly working class people and minorities who may be undereducated and who definitly use smoking as a way of releiving stress. The sighns that say people need to be 25 feet away from the entrance of buildings if they want to smoke is just a way to keep 'undesirables' away from the proper middle class working people. I have not heard a single word from these people about what smokers are supposed to do or where they are supposed to go. To them smokers are unimportant people who should be kept out of sight. It is a law made by people who think they are superior to those of us who god forbid might have a flaw or two. It is a law against the poor and working classes.
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