Originally posted by Putinbot1
Ahh, this is questionable. Many would say Greta Thunberg has a better and more focused view on what is best for this planet and life on it than the POTUS...
But she doesn't. That's a bad comparison. Comparing Greta's grasp on what is best for the planet and life with almost anyone is a bad idea.
Let me see if I can find an exception to my point so I can make your point even better.*
But before that, finding exceptions to my point doesn't refute my point. You're just finding exceptions to try and avoid the actual point. This is known as the exceptions fallacy.
Often, you see scientists from unrelated fields making stupid statements about politics and policy. There's a reason for that: they are not experts in those fields.
Should medical doctors, psychologists, and family service professionals create and inform drug policy? Yes, they should. They are directly involved, from a research and support perspective, those who use and/or abuse drugs.
Should a 19 year old, second year, Bernie Sanders voter, who comes from an upper middle class family, create drug policies because they enjoy getting high on x at their favorite club or pad? No, probably not. But that's not how politics work. This person has an equal weight vote with an ER Medical Doctor who treats the dehydrated, dying, or dead victims of x use. That's odd. But, hey, that's democracy.
We end up with propaganda puppets in the form of Greta who have greater influences on policy than climatologists who tell us about ice ages from millions of years ago when the atmospheric CO2 was 12 times higher than now but 3 times colder than now.
*I cannot think of a good exception. The ones I can think of actually worked in areas related to policy and, therefore, don't work as an exception.