“I’m very proud of Gov. DeSantis and everything he’s done. I really am,’’ said Gonzmart, a lifelong Republican. “[...] But my concern is the governor putting in a law that says those who have an expired driver’s license cannot renew it because they’re no longer legal. They cannot work. Their papers are no longer legal.”
It's not that "they're no longer legal". They were never legal. You just thought it didn't matter.
Also, what happened to all that wailing about how we need to get rid of all the "illegal immigrants" because "they took our jobs"?
Isn't it actually a crime to deliberately hire undocumented immigrants in Florida. I'm sure it is.
Why is this guy drawing attention to the fact that he committed a crime?
Seems like he's already been fined $500,000, so probably not worried about the legal consequences anymore.
I am pretty sure there's also IRS issues and possibly other federal law implications, but who are we to keep him from slamming his body parts in doors?
You cant expect conservative voters to know the policies they are voting for, they cant read.
They are well aware, they just never expect that it willl impact their own lives, because they all think they're the special one who is excempt.
Hence the famous quote "He's not hurting the right ones".
Solve all out problems in one fell swoop.... institute a reading test before you can vote!
You can even get Republicans to support this by saying the reading test would be written in "American" so only true patriots can vote and none of those foreigners will be allowed.
Do these people ever reflect and think about what they're about to do, do or have done? It's baffling how they're surprised.
No, they don't. We had Brexit. It was a smörgåsbord of stupid like that.
"We want freedom of movement cancelled so EU folks can't come in here, "followed by "What do you mean we don't have freedom of movement and can't just live in Spain?"
"All immigrants gone!" followed by "why are there no cheap immigrants anymore for working in the field and drive trucks?"
"Close the borders!" and "Why is there suddenly this long line and why do we need custom checks and passports?"
"After we made it more difficult for foreigners to come here, we have less tourists. Somebody do something!"
"When we said you can't fish here, we meant we can still fish over there."
"Yeah, I know we cancelled all cooperation but we really would like the subsidies to continue."
You can keep going. There were enough predictions that this was exactly what would happen, it was ignored in emotional flurry, ideologies and name calling. Of course there is a lot of "why didn't anyone warn us?" afterwards. I conclude they're not really thinking, just mostly reacting emotionally and going along with the peer group who has a very high "F U I got mine" content.
The most comical thing about "reasons" for Brexit was to get rid of those "pesky brown people". Then Brexit uninvited Europeans, and the UK got more "brown people" out of the commonwealth to fill up the gaps.
They are stuck in ideology and emotional reactions. There is a concentrated effort to keep it that way with propaganda masquerading as news, usually owned by Murdoch.
Other people are as well but manage to stop and think about it. I'm not sure if you're giving them too much credit.
I have the impression it's more like people susceptible to gambling addiction and they're opening a casino next door.
Yet they think others should take responsibility for their own actions.
Don't get me wrong, I'm with you to a certain degree. They have been deceived and those people need to be stopped. But some of the shame should be granted to the deceived as well, as they fall over and over for the same shit.
others should take responsibility for their own actions
While blaming anything wrong in their life to some other group, a scape goat appointed by someone else. It's amazing how well that trick works.
See, this is how people end up being in favour of eugenics.
It's not that stupid people exist, it's that they keep being stupid, and bafflingly self-destructive, even after their stupidity is demonstrably demonstrated to them.
I'm in favour of education. There was a time when people lacking education strived to close the gap and become a better version of themselves. I'm not sure how we lost that, but I want it back. I'm not only talking about school. People went to classes after work, read about new stuff and invested into themselves.
Social media broke us. Instead of seeking to learn and become better, idiots seek likes and retweets. And they get it.
Thank god I'm not one of them.
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"This is all useless bullshit!!" "How will learning history and science pay my bills?! Or pay my rent?!"
All they care about is doing the bare minimum to skate by. They don't really want to participate in society or life. They need to be put out to pasture -- given a tiny eco house on a quarter acre of land somewhere, sent food boxes once or twice a week, left to fend for themselves and, most importantly, not allowed a say in politics anymore.
Education HAS to be a requirement to vote and education guidelines and cirricula have to be hard encoded in the next Constitution or equivalent we make. Have AIs anonymously test everybody to prevent discrimination. Have people hand-write exams or dictate into a microphone for oral exams to prevent cheating
I don't care if people don't like it, it's the truth. "It can be abused" is no longer an excuse in a system that has been broken specifically because of the lack of such a policy. Democracy only works when the population is educated, but the people don't want to be educated, so you have to either force them or have an academic ruling class run everything.
It's the lost-cause fallacy. They're incapable of self reflection because it could compromise their entire identity/beliefs.
Talk to anyone who worked in hospitals during the height of COVID. All of them encountered people gasping for air as their lungs filled with covid pneumonia, on their death beds insisting they did not have covid, and it was all a government conspiracy. Even on their deathbeds, these people still cannot accept reality.
Do these people ever reflect and think about what they’re about to do, do or have done?
Right-wing media always has another scapegoat to deflect the blame.
People still eat meat and dairy. And they know innocent animals are killed and tortured because of it.
assholes like that never learn.. they just keep charging full speed down Asshole Lane.. just to be first..
I would like to point out that this guy is hispanic (probably Cuban) and is a Republican. I know far, far too many people online think that only white people are Republican, which is clearly not the case.
this guy is hispanic (probably Cuban)
Lots of Cuban anti-communists who came over in the wake of the revolution and made it their mission to support the most fanatical far-right candidates Florida had to offer. Consequently, a handful of these guys have made a ton of money working for the wealthy right-wing plutocrats that control the state, but everyone else has watched their quality of life disintegrate as the social foundations of Florida are dissolved by wave after wave of bigots and crooks in high office.
In another generation or two, we'll see the grandchildren of the Batista refugees rising up Castro-style.
It's more than that. Cubans in Florida have been a very reliable Republican voting block for a long time. They bonded over their hatred of Castro. The Cuban business base in Florida started with wealthy people who fled Cuba. Now it's on to second and third generation born in the US.
It's because they had terrible experiences under Castro and vehemently hate communism. Since they believe the lies that the Democrats are communist or socialist, they default to the "conservative" party.
As a whole, sure, but there are still Republican Hispanics here and there. They do exist. And even bigger groups of Republican Black's and Asians amd Indians. The internet thinks that only white folks can be Republicans and that is simply not true which is especially infuriating when those same people always get race-baited into issues. They need to understand that sometimes Republicans do things simply because they are assholes, and not necessarily because they are racist assholes.
People like this guy and his political masters don't need just exposure. They need and I qoute their party " to be roughed up a bit".
I used to work for his company when I was younger! None of this surprises me. If you worked for his company you were going to have a baaaaad time. It’s the only job I’ve ever quit without having anything else lined up.
Look at that vacant, toddler smile...
"Your feet are plotting to kill you... shoot yourself in the feet if you want to live!!!"
What is it, do you guys want higher wages and worker protections? Or undocumented immigrants? Pick one.
You could simply document the immigrants and incorporate them into large labor coalitions auctioning their work at market rates.
Instead, we have a system of paying workers under-the-table at below market rates, while using their illegal status as leverage to prevent them from negotiating for better pay.
So you need a legal system for migration before you can get higher wages and worker protections. Otherwise, you'll always have a reserve army of scabs in the form of undocumented residents.
Don't migrants tend to get exploited and end up doing the crap jobs that nobody else is willing to do but need to be done anyway?
I just find humor in the hypocrisy of Republicans. Especially when it inevitably backfires on them.
Who even would he "need to be hurting" for this guy? He doesn't seem like the kind of guy who has a vendetta against a particular group. I think he's just an ideological voter, who believes in the American dream (he is living it after all), and doesn't realize that the Republican party is not who they pretended to be back when he was still paying attention.
I worked there in the (very early) 90s and the waiters were unionized, which is so uncommon in Tampa, it was not a bad place at all, honestly.
