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minus-squareDr. Moose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 days agoThat’s just crazy to me. How can society function when people are afraid to identify themselves to officials they should be trusting and relying on.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoSometimes those officials deny you rights, including your right to live.
minus-squareDr. Moose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoIt seems like ID is not the issue here then?
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoID is one tool by which they selectively allow or suppress voting. ID laws are not the root cause, but it’s ridiculous to suggest giving the fascists another tool to use.
minus-squareDr. Moose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoSo maybe fascism is your issue not the ID laws? How come its not an issue in other developed countries.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoBecause those countries are not run by goddamn nazis, are you intentionally not listening to anything I say?
minus-squareDr. Moose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-26 days agoSo nazis are your problem not the IDs right?
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-26 days agoThat’s like saying “so the mugger is your problem, not the gun, right?”
That’s just crazy to me. How can society function when people are afraid to identify themselves to officials they should be trusting and relying on.
Sometimes those officials deny you rights, including your right to live.
It seems like ID is not the issue here then?
ID is one tool by which they selectively allow or suppress voting. ID laws are not the root cause, but it’s ridiculous to suggest giving the fascists another tool to use.
So maybe fascism is your issue not the ID laws? How come its not an issue in other developed countries.
Because those countries are not run by goddamn nazis, are you intentionally not listening to anything I say?
So nazis are your problem not the IDs right?
That’s like saying “so the mugger is your problem, not the gun, right?”
Woosh