“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”.
If those Republicans could read, they’d be very upset right now.
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.
Yes, but I’d expect them to learn at some point. But they keep being idiots.
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.
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Thank god I’m not one of them.
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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.
Considering how many “save the children” QAnoners that turn out to be pedophiles? No.
They see an R next to someone’s name and that’s all they think about
It’s short for “really good”, right?
Close. Righteous and Devil
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.
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assholes like that never learn… they just keep charging full speed down Asshole Lane… just to be first…
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Good. Fuck this guy. Fucking piece of shit for voting for DeSantis anyway.
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.
Someday, Republicans will realize the main enemy of Republicans are republican voters
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".
Fuck this guy.
It shouldn’t have, but your comment made me laugh out loud.
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.
This is by design
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.
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Look at that vacant, toddler smile…
“Your feet are plotting to kill you… shoot yourself in the feet if you want to live!!!”
That would only be funnier if it was his own family that he brought over.
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.
