Some Blue State follies from Rhode Island to illustrate a simple political difference. First the story from WPRI:

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WPRI) – Three people are facing drug charges Tuesday, including a Woonsocket man police say brought his 9-year-old son on a drug buy with him.

Police said officers were monitoring the parking lot of a Manville Rd. convenience store when they saw Christopher Robertson, 32, pull up. They said Robertson and a small boy got out of the car, used a pay phone and left.

Officers then followed Robertson’s car to the Walgreen’s on Clinton St., where they said they witnessed a drug transaction.

Police said they arrested Robertson after they found one bag of marijuana in his possession. Robertson’s son witnessed the whole thing.

“Yes, he understood exactly what was happening. It was quite apparent he was a smart boy,” said Lt. Eugene Gillette of the Woonsocket Police Department.

Officers also arrested Charles Dasent, 30, of Woonsocket, and charged him with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver. Dasent’s passenger, Johy Bryant, 35, was charged with possession.

Robertson’s son is now in the custody of his mother.

Wow. There’s a video report on the site that claims this is the second time in a month cops have seen this happen. If you’re like me the first thing you think is “What the hell is wrong with him?” but what if I was a solid blue state liberal? From the WPRI comments:

“Thomas” from R.I.– Kay,
Aren’t you going a bit far? I don’t see police coming to the protection of kids whose fathers and mothers drink themselves into a stupor, either at home or in the bar, and than come home and potentially do things far worse than this guy. Yes, he shouldn’t have brought the boy but how do you know what type of father he is? For all we know he could be a great dad who needs the weed for a medical condition and just made a bad decision.

“Jason” from MI– What exactly is it that you people think marijuana is made out of; people act as if it is made out of something dangerous like alcohol or tobacco??? You people realize it serves an infinite amount of medical uses and it safer than caffeine! Why don’t we start capturing all the coffee and tea drinkers for there harmless drug of choice!! And Alcohol is the most dangerous drug out there… so if you drink just once your an addict that abuses drugs and a hypocrite! Open your eyes!!!

And it goes on and on. People on the left, perhaps as a product of modern liberalism’s infantilization of adults, have no concept of what it means to be a grown-up. They claim they should be able to smoke pot (to excess) because people are allowed to drink alcohol (to excess) but it never occurs to them that adults should have outgrown both, especially when they have children. More than one person in the comments claimed that smoking cigarettes and drinking beer were worse than smoking pot, which aside from being asinine misses the point.

A father’s job is to protect his family. Being high or drunk prevents him from doing this. Smoking a Marlboro doesn’t, but a father should probably give up his smokes to save money. Getting high carries extra risks, like being exposed to drug dealers. This is bad parenting at its most basic and anyone can see that except apparently liberals in the comments of newspaper. Why is that?

h/t Bad Breeders