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.

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.

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