People turn to Style Blueprint for advice on "design, fashion, and recipes, in addition to features on local shops and restaurants." Its editors describe it as "your daily dose of girlfriend talk."
It's a good niche and, according to friends who subscribe to their email, they seem to be doing a decent job.
But in a post about an event to raise money for End Slavery Tennessee — great cause, check out the site here — there is one of the most mind-numbingly stupid things ever written about criminals and drug laws.
To wit (emphasis added):
Trafficking is a growing problem. It’s the second fastest growing crime on the planet, as it’s more lucrative than selling drugs and weapons, it doesn’t require a storefront and it’s hard to get caught. Think about it: you only receive funds for drugs and weapons once. The girls or boys being trafficked bring you money every day for years. And, if the police pull a car over with two scared girls in the back who aren’t talking, it’s a far different situation than a stash of cocaine or weapons. Another thing to consider: as marijuana laws change, there is a line of criminals who are being cut off from their money supply. What do you think they are going to turn to in an attempt to make up for that lost revenue stream? With the Internet, the ability to justify being a trafficker, to think it’s normal, is surprisingly easy—it’s the dark side of the Internet, to be sure.
So, let me get this straight. If we decriminalize pot, they're coming for your daughters?
WHAT?!?!?!?!
(And since we're talking about African-Americans being incarcerated at substantially higher rates than whites, we should be watching out for the black guys, right? Nothing like throwing an undercurrent of racism onto the fire there, folks.)
Maybe Style Blueprint should just stick to hawking $188 pillows.
