I think serious jail for running an illegal drug marketplace is good, even if he used lots of neat tech to do so..

I knew people who were wringing it out of medicated patches and sniffing it out of Afrin bottles during high school in the 90s. I also knew someone who ODd and died from tainted/fake pills they bought from one of The Silk Road's (immediate) successors.

Some number of people also OD on "traditional" street drugs every day. So, this is really not a sound argument.

    Where's the paper bag that holds the liquor?
    Just in case I feel the need to puke
    If we'd known what it'd take to get here
    Would we have chosen to?
    
    So you wanna build an altar on a summer night
    You wanna smoke the gel off a fentanyl patch
    Aintcha heard the news? Adam and Eve were Jews
    And I always loved you to the max

David Berman, from Punks in the Beerlight

I think they're pointing out the hypocrisy of wanting to crack down on drugs while doing this.

I see so many Trump adjacent folks demanding we lock up drug dealers, deport them, whatever. But they want to let this one go.

I see those people in my personal life, too. Ironically, they're also the ones who regularly drive drunk and do a little cocaine now and again because _it doesn't really count_.

Orange man is a classic tough-on-crime guy, very selective what crimes and what demographics of criminals he is tough on.

Mr. Trump isn't exactly known for making distinctions like that.