Evil. Pure evil.

 "More than 6,500 individuals with prior convictions for simple marijuana possession were impacted by the pardons, a White House official said, and thousands more through pardons under D.C. law.

President Joseph Biden has announced he is pardoning all citizens convicted of possessing marijuana in the federal system and the DC system.  In total, it's reported to be over 8000 people.

This may be the evilest thing I have ever heard of.

Let me explain why.  

No, It's not that I have anything against people that use pot, or against the substance itself.   I think it should not be and never should have been a criminal act to grow, own, use, or sell it.  The very idea it was unlawful is to me a perfect representation of government overreach and abuse of force and authority.

I also don't argue against the authority of a president to pardon anyone of a federal crime.  It's a stop-gap installed by our nation's founders to act as a safety mechanism for when the court system does wrong.  It's a chance for those in authority to show mercy, even though recent presidents have used it as a personal fundraising tool.

While we might argue over who the president pardons and why, the president's ability to do so is beyond question.

I believe pardoning people who simply possessed some weed is not only the right thing to do, but it's the noble thing to do.  If that is the case, how can I call it pure evil?

Simply this.  President Biden could and should have done this on day one of his presidency.   Instead, he concentrated solely on undoing any work of his predecessor.

I'd ask why he would leave thousands of people rotting in prison when he knew it was wrong and had the unquestioning power to fix it immediately, but there is no acceptable answer to that question.  It doesn't matter why he chose to wait, leaving them in cages for a year and a half longer than they needed to be.

The fact is he could have done the right thing at any time and chose not to. Nothing stopped him.   That's what is evil.  His choice was not to do what was right.

If he had never done this, as every president before him has also failed, he may have been able to rest on precedent, tradition, or even stating a (laughable) belief in the rule of law.  By saying now he knows it's the right thing to do, he can never claim any of those things to explain why he left people to rot in prison for something he admits knowing is not a crime.

That is evil.