OptionalFeb 24

MAGA Women Shoot Themselves in the Uh, Foot. Again.

https://lemmy.world/post/43540513

Show threadUnspecificGravity

Do the Republicans really think they are going to benefit from a requirement that disenfranchises people who don’t have proof of citizenship like:

Women who got married and took their husbands last name People who keep getting divorced over and over again People who have never travelled outside the US

Bear in mind that the people who are basically guaranteed to have their documents in order are:

Recently naturalized citizens People who travel a lot Unmarried women People who graduated college

But hey, at least they are going to stop all the undocumented immigrants who already weren’t allowed to register to vote in the first place.

This is going to be like how they attacked absentee voting without realizing that the majority of absentees were retirees and the military.

Feb 24 at 11:50pmWeb
Show threadKairosFeb 25

Do the Republicans really think

Not usually

Show threadspencerwiFeb 25
See, the thing Jim Crow and its “literacy tests” taught us is that you just need a rule that you can enforce on the wrong people, and then you just choose not to enforce it when it’s convenient.
Show threadUnspecificGravityFeb 25
But that’s the thing. YOU know that. But do they? ID verification, unlike literacy tests, is pretty objective. There isn’t much room to target that enforcement apart from the existing biases in who has id and who doesn’t.
Show threadPommes_für_dein_BalgFeb 25
The literacy tests were only given to “specific kinds” of people.
And the same will be true for ID verification.
If you look “trustworthy” they won’t ask for your ID.
Show threadin_my_honest_opinionFeb 25
Checkout https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws I think that might help you see where the Trump admin is cribbing notes from.
Jim Crow laws - Wikipedia

Show threadAA5BFeb 25

As a white guy, I’m aware that there have been times where I’m just accepted at face value when other people would have required ID

It’s not the ID itself necessarily, but who is asked for it and who likely has it in order