The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

First of all, I never said I was completely for the law. However, I do think that this is being blown completely out of porportion be people who haven't read it.

I did read it, when I linked to the text in full earlier. I remain unconvinced that there is a satisfactory definition of "reasonable suspicion" that doesn't involve race. And that article points out exactly the paradox that Alex alluded to previously, the fact that a large portion of those in favor of it are the same that bristle at the mention of the phrase "national ID card", and yet the defense of this bill is that we're all okay with showing or driver's license.

Until you can convince me that a white person standing in front of Home Depot is just as likely to be asked for his driver's license as a brown person is, no dice.