I'm happy to see anybody unburdened by the US legal system, but there's something underwhelming about the most powerful politician in the country only now deigning to use his executive power.
People are cheering and memeing in unsurprising 
fashion and I'm like bruh, he could have done this and more. Years ago. And they're talking about the necessity of voting and how bad trump would be. Like where do you think Brandon was when drafting the anti marijuana bills?
That said, I don't want to come across as unreasonable when good things happen. If a lib approached me and shared this news, what would be an appropriate response?
Link because I got that bird box disease where I want to make people to see the thing.
It's a tough spot to be in. It's a great thing, but it seems like it was weaponized to boost his image for the election. Which is disgusting. Holding on to people's convictions and incarcerations, literally ruining their lives actively, until an opportune moment to free them of that burden just to try and maintain his power.
But it's also really good for those people that it helped.
Would it make it easier if you knew that these pardons released exactly 0 people from jail
Yeah that does make it easier.
He pardoned all (federal) marijuana possession last year, I believe.
Yea basically. But this somehow expands on that because (shocker) it didn't go far enough.