"My priorities"- well, for one, anyone with even a cursory understanding of logic would grok that mentioning "a" does not imply a lack of concern about "b". I guess if I go to the grocery store I must not give a shit about Syrian refugees. Rinse, repeat!
But bringing it home to the context of the topic at hand, namely Sen. Feinstein's priorities, not mine (despite what an endlessly fascinating subject I and what I believe, am) --- I suppose we'll get an answer as to whether or not DOJ prosecution of hate crimes is more or less important than weed, when she votes on the AG confirmation.
One thing I do know is, she's only held panicked hearings with Chuck Grassley this past year on one of those issues, and it wasnt hate crimes-
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-04-05/oldest-us-senators-accused-of-holding-biased-marijuana-hearing
Lastly, as much as you would like to imagine that support for marijuana legalization is all about white bourgeois concern with "getting high"- here's a news flash, back in the days when I did get high a lot, prohibition didnt do shit to keep me from doing it as much as I wanted to. I probably axe grind about it a lot more now because I'm clear-headed enough to bother.
So no, it's not about "getting high", hyuk hyuk- it's about a fucking shitton of new jobs, nascent industries, billions in revenue, and a giant influx of tax dollars in many states, including my own. Because even if I only take a hit off a joint once in a blue moon, I do use the roads and infrastructure and other public services that benefit from this substance finally being legal, regulated and taxed.
Oh, and it's also about police priorities, reducing imprisonment, AND eliminating a policy with historical track record of disproportionate enforcement against minorities- you know, that whole "social justice" thing.
And while the self-appointed gatekeepers of what is really important™ here on DU have told us for years what a silly, frivolous thing that issue is to give a shit about, guess what? The clear, unequivocal widespread majority winner on election day by the numbers wasn't Donald Trump OR Hillary Clinton, in almost every state it was on the ballot it was mother####ing marijuana.
Maybe it's time to stop lecturing voters as to what they should care about, and listen to them as to what they actually DO.
So, put that in your pipe and smoke it. 
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