Does legalizing amount to endorsement?

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[–]Cydramech 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Endorsement requires providing an active promotion of an item, person, or idea.

Meanwhile, if legalizing/decriminalizing something is an endorsement, then I would argue anything short of killing people is an endorsement of their beliefs, opinions, or ideological views. Decriminalizing or legalizing is a passive toleration just as letting people live whom share things you despise is, after all.

[–]sawboss[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Good point. There's no force involved in simply allowing people to voluntarily exchange money for desirable goods or services.