| Mr Puggsly said: Mmmhmmm... okay buddy... I believe a simple state ID should be required for voting. I think that's what the average right winger wants but dems are against it for BS reasons. So the same party that thinks a state ID for voting is a burden for colored people also thinks we should have a national ID to work? Did you actually read the article, left wing groups hate it. |
You're purposefully misunderstanding or you're someone who ignores factors that hamper acquisition of an ID or don't believe they exist because you, personally, aren't affected by them.
Every time something about voter ID comes up, right wingers make the idiotic comment that "they're against it because they think their constituents are too stupid to get an ID". This isn't an issue of being "too stupid". You only use that to invoke an emotional response in support of your position.
Just some anecdotal evidence, but I wasn't able to get an ID in Texas at first. Because the documentation I brought wasn't "good enough". I had to have a bill in my name. Imagine a poor person who doesn't have bills in their name, and that's a main requirement for an ID. Also, imagine the closest DMV is 10+ miles away and you have to rely on public transportation. Imagine you work some shitty job that doesn't have flexible scheduling, you work 10-6 and the DMV closes at 5. What about any of that is saying someone is "too stupid" to get an ID? None of it does and you know it The process was just so simple for someone like you that you don't see it from someone else's perspective, so you must be "stupid" if they can't follow this "easy" process. Because we live in a vacuum with no outside factors contributing to our diverse daily lives.
For someone like me, who's in a good position currently, those kinds of things don't affect me. I was able to go back home and get the proper documents and go back the next day. But I acknowledge that they affect others. That's why people have IDs other than state IDs, and then Republicans turn around and only say state IDs are valid. That's not a BS reason to be against voter ID laws. Voter ID laws like what Republicans support specifically targets certain demographics and discriminates against them. I literally provided a link showing that Republican leaders were researching breakdowns of groups by race for who has drivers licenses. That they want "specific types of photo ID", so the forms of ID most common amongst minority groups, then, becomes disqualified.
And yes, I read the article. Hence why I posted it. A national ID would have one set of rules and provisions to obtain them. As opposed to various rules in various states, which, like I said, Republican change things up to make it tougher for minorities to get them. A national ID would absolutely absolve those issues.
