DidDunMegasploded t1_itsehq9 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 11:21 PM

Reply to comment by OriginalGordol in Our View: LePage’s repeated use of ‘crack pipe’ irresponsible at best - Portland Press Herald by OriginalGordol

I can understand the last paragraph, but the second one...is "crack" not the name of a drug in and of itself? Should we use "crack cocaine" instead? The rest of the paragraph looks fine, but it's that part that throws me off.

OriginalGordol OP t1_itses7c wrote on October 25, 2022 at 11:23 PM

It's just cocaine. In a smokeable form rather than a snortable form.

What do you think of when someone says "crack" in relation to drugs?

DidDunMegasploded t1_itsgex9 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 11:35 PM

Ah. Well when I think of "crack", I think of the drug, not of black people. I've seen enough anti-drug PSAs from across three entire decades to know better than that.

sheeponabowl t1_ituh3g6 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 12:17 PM

LePage is using is as racism.

DidDunMegasploded t1_itur92c wrote on October 26, 2022 at 1:41 PM

Yeah, I figured. Not really surprised given his whole "D-Money and Shifty" comments from years back.