Mr Puggsly said:
Are children not a concern when taking the legalization of marijuana into consideration? Generally speaking, I believe parents want their children to avoid pot. I'm an anti pot guy, I just don't want people getting into legal trouble for using it responsibly.
Again, you blame the republicans for people not making enough effort to get an ID. Your arguments are weak given states that require ID aren't putting crazy restrictions. Its basically just state ID and military, that's perfectly reasonable. I don't believe republicans feel a need to deter minorities from voting, I beleive many minorities just don't care enough to vote and believe they're in a country against their people. I say that as a minority that talks to minorities, left wing media has brain washed a lot of them in a very negative way.
Lets be frank, ACLU is significantly more left wing than right wing. If ACLU and other minority groups don't support National ID, then neither will many democrats. They will argue some sort of racial or financial disparity created by it, they always do. Dems don't even want us tracking illegals in fear they will be deported. They will call national ID fascism or something like that.
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Are children not a concern regarding alcohol? Parents want their children to avoid alcohol. I'm not an anti-booze guy, I just don't want people getting into legal trouble for using it responsibly; see? Same argument.
My arguments are not weak. I gave a perfect example of how even I, a person in a pretty good position, couldn't get an ID at first. Plus, it's more than just "restrictions" that make it hard. Location and hours matter as well. Like I said before, imagine someone who works 10-6 but the DMV closes at 5 and the closest one is 10 miles away and you rely on public transportation. They don't have a "white collar" job with flexible hours, so they're at the mercy of their boss. As I said before, there are factors that may not affect you, but they affect others.
Also, you again ignore proof that I provided. "I don't believe Republicans feel a need to deter minorities from voting".....then why are they studying breakdowns of IDs by race, then finding out which IDs minorities use the most often, then disqualifying that form as being valid for voting?
"In April 2013, a top aide to the Republican House speaker asked for 'a breakdown, by race, of those registered voters in your database that do not have a driver’s license number.'
Months later, the North Carolina legislature passed a law that cut a week of early voting, eliminated out-of-precinct voting and required voters to show specific types of photo ID — restrictions that election board data demonstrated would disproportionately affect African Americans and other minorities"
Oh yea, they also found out that many black voters prefer early voting, so they cut early voting hours. The proof is in the pudding. Stop denying it just because you "don't think Republicans have a reason". In this regard, it doesn't matter what you "think". I'm showing you evidence that they're doing the exact opposite of what you think.
And yes, the ACLU is left wing. I'm not denying that. But just because one organization is left wing doesn't mean they represent the Democratic party platform. I don't understand why that is hard to understand. That's like saying the KKK is right wing, so they represent the Republican party. These things are not one in the same. Do you agree with every right wing organization? That's what your logic results in. If it's a right wing organization, then that must mean all Republicans are behind it.
And again, you ignore the proof that was placed right in your face. "Democratic leaders have proposed requiring every worker in the nation to carry a national identification card with biometric information". Hell, that proposal was actually for immigration reform so that immigrants could be more easily known about. So your idea that "they don't even want to track illegals" is just made up nonsense. I will repeat, just because the ACLU is against something doesn't mean they represent the Democratic platform. Actually, you already mentioned that you're not anti-pot and you're for responsible use of marijuana. Well, there are right wing groups against marijuana. If right wing groups are against marijuana, then so are many Republicans, right. But you sound like you're a Republican. But you're not anti-pot!
Do you see how that logic doesn't hold water?