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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMaureen Dowd's Eating Disability
What she should have written: "I went to Colorado and decided to get high. I was stupid and did no research or fact-checking. I asked no questions. I just started eating, and then ate some more. I got really sick. My bad. I'll be smarter next time."
Imagine the Times sends Maureen Dowd to Colombia. Would she decide to try out the coca leaves, not ask how many to chew and eat a bushel? If the Times sent her to Yemen, would she decide to chew some Khat leaves, and not feeling the desired effect, keep chewing for hours? Tens of millions of people in South America and Africa chew coca and khat leaves without overdosing or dying, just like tens of millions of people around the world use marijuana and marijuana-infused products and dont hallucinate to the point they think they are dying. When you ingest a new substance, you are experimenting. Do a little homework and youll be fine. If youre dumb enough to dive in blind, you have only yourself to blame.
more fun:
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2014/6/4/173750/8483/Colo_News/Maureen-Dowd-s-Eating-Disability
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/opinion/dowd-dont-harsh-our-mellow-dude.html?_r=0
tridim
(45,358 posts)Nobody is that stupid.
if she even took a taste of the stuff before she started writing the piece.
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)She's high enough on her horse to begin with.
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)Did we lose a war?
She is a glistening turd rotting in the sun. She reflects the septic and metastic attitude of her generation perfectly.