US Joe Biden News Megathread - The Other Biden Derangement Syndrome Thread (with a side order of Fauci Derangement Syndrome)

Let's pretend for one moment that he does die before the election, just for the funsies. What happens then? Will the nomination revert to option number 2, aka Bernie Sanders? Or will his running mate automatically replace him just the way Vice-President is supposted to step in after the Big Man in the White House chokes on a piece of matzo? Does he even have a running mate yet?

 

[Salubrious]

I had an ID. But most of my coworkers didn't. I was there as the privileged half-white college kid, most of my coworkers were full black and poor as fuck. They didn't have access to the same reources that I did.

Not wanting an ID and not being able to get one are two different things.

Pretending black people can't scrape together $20 and go to the registrar is bigotry by low expectations.

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

If the US gave out IDs to all legal citizens for free automatically upon adulthood, I would agree with you. But come on dude, we don't have to pretend here. When the Republican Party is preventing people who don't have the extra cash to buy an ID, we both know who they're targeting. Also, what is the justification for limiting early voting? Shouldn't we want as many Americans possible to vote?

No, if you are too stupid to save 35 Dollars out of your paycheck every 3 years to get and Renew your I.D. then you shouldn't vote.

My ideal society, and I believe most cons would agree is: every adult is required to cast a vote,

No, Requiring the Apathetic to vote is one of the singular worst ideas a society can have.

 

[FaramirG]

No, if you are too stupid to save 35 Dollars out of your paycheck every 3 years to get and Renew your I.D. then you shouldn't vote.

So imposing financial requirements attached with voting rights is reaonable?

Not wanting an ID and not being able to get one are two different things.

Pretending black people can't scrape together $20 and go to the registrar is bigotry by low expectations.

Poor people often have a tough time obtaining IDs. My personal solution, and I believe you would agree with me, is that every adult who has a job gets issued an automatic voter ID, based on a background check. And they are required to go vote on election day.

 

[Catch The Rainbow]

I worked a full-time night job at Target to pay for college. $11 an hour. Almost nobody had an ID, and the idea of voting for any of us was laughable. The Republican/Center policy of preventing poor people from voting is extremely blatant.

You need an ID to work, how did they get the I-9 filled out?

 

[Salubrious]

Poor people often have a tough time obtaining IDs. My personal solution, and I believe you would agree with me, is that every adult who has a job gets issued an automatic voter ID, based on a background check. And they are required to go vote on election day.

No, I don't agree with that, at all.

Us blacks don't need or want "allies" like the LGBTQ+. You want to support poor blacks? Cool. But take your "black people don't have $20 or 2 free hours" bullshit somewhere else.

 

[Cuckoman]

So imposing financial requirements attached with voting rights is reaonable?

Poor people often have a tough time obtaining IDs. My personal solution, and I believe you would agree with me, is that every adult who has a job gets issued an automatic voter ID, based on a background check. And they are required to go vote on election day.

If you truly think that getting an ID is so difficult for poor people, then instead of pushing for "no voter id" wouldn;t it be much better if you pushed for poor people to get access to free ID ?
I mean, with an ID they can then not just vote, but they can also get a job, they can get social security, they can get access to housing programs, they can get rent assistance, they can get food stamps, get a phone, pay utilities...

I mean that would be a much better outcome for these too-poor-to-get-id people.

I mean, if you are poor and have no job, no social security, no foodstamps no nothing, then you have much higher priorities to address first than voting, like finding food to eat, electricity and water.

 

[Pimp C]

I worked a full-time night job at Target to pay for college. $11 an hour. Almost nobody had an ID, and the idea of voting for any of us was laughable. The Republican/Center policy of preventing poor people from voting is extremely blatant.

Bit of a powerlevel here but I worked office bitch at a medium sized shop here in Nig City, USA. Starting pay was $10.50. Everyone had a state issued ID. You can't apply for gibmedats without ID. You can't buy cigarillos and henny without ID. You can't get a shitty job that will pay you on an debit card because you don't have a bank account without ID.

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

I don't understand this idea that it is hard to get ID's.

I lived in the middle of fucking nowhere. No public transport, no job, and I got an ID at 15.

Just say what you racists really want to say.

 

[Clockwork_PurBle]

I just hope we do get to see Biden say a gamer word. Preferably on one of the rare instances where he's completely live.

We deserve it for what he's putting us through.

 

[Pimp C]

I don't understand this idea that it is hard to get ID's.

I lived in the middle of fucking nowhere. No public transport, no job, and I got an ID at 15.

Just say what you racists really want to say.

Further proof that DemonRats are the real racists imho

 

[Salubrious]

Further proof that DemonRats are the real racists imho

I'm not sure it's racism (at least fully) as much as the fact that they HAVE TO sell this idea that blacks can't get IDs, or their entire "voting rights" platform completely falls apart.

 

[Some Badger]

You can't apply for gibmedats without ID.

This is all that needs to be said to show you what kind of person opposes voter ID laws but is completely okay with vaccine passports: someone who has no idea how welfare works.

 

[Gehenna]

This is all that needs to be said to show you what kind of person opposes voter ID laws but is completely okay with vaccine passports: someone who has no idea how welfare works.

People who claim to speak for and understand the plight of the poor who have never once been in danger of having to rely on the systems the poor have to use.

 

[deeplyhigh]

You know what is funny about Pillow Man? Nobody ever bothered his headquarters even though it would only take the Antifags of Minneapolis a 30 minute drive to get there.

Glad I never got mine pulled.

Downside is that now my teeth are impacted and I have to floss 2x as much as anyone else. Invisalign is expensive as fuck and was never covered by any of my past health insurances from any of my past jobs.

Just get them pulled, dude. Even impacted, they are not that bad to have removed. Mine were impacted and I had them removed with only laughing gas, no anesthesia.

 

[Cuckoman]

I'm not sure it's racism (at least fully) as much as the fact that they HAVE TO sell this idea that blacks can't get IDs, or their entire "voting rights" platform completely falls apart.

They never have a response to that, they only get angry when you ask "but isn't it better to give them free ID instead? that way they can also get access to welfare and benefits".

 

[Salubrious]

They never have a response to that, they only get angry when you ask "but isn't it better to give them free ID instead? that way they can also get access to welfare and benefits".

For all their sperging out about "black people have no IDs", I've yet to see one Democrat even propose getting black people those IDs. Mostly because they need to keep selling this narrative, but also because poor black people can already get them almost everywhere.

Then these same people want black people to show IDs and vaxx cards just to enter public buildings and restaurants.

 

[Gehenna]

For all their sperging out about "black people have no IDs", I've yet to see one Democrat even propose getting black people those IDs. Mostly because they need to keep selling this narrative, but also because poor black people can already get them almost everywhere.

Then these same people want black people to show IDs and vaxx cards just to enter public buildings and restaurants.

And even despite that, I'd happily support the idea of making both voter ID universal... and free IDs universal. Made a suggestion for it earlier yesterday.

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

So imposing financial requirements attached with voting rights is reaonable?

if you are literally incapable of enough self control to scrape up 1 Dollar a month across 3 years then you are not mentally capable of making important decisions for anyone including yourself.

To even bring up the idea that "an ID is hard to afford" is one of the dumbest things I have ever seen on this website INCLUDING from all the Lolcow threads. Especially in consideration that you need an ID to.

Drive
Buy Booze
Buy Guns
Buy Fireworks
Buy Glue
Buy Medicine
Buy Tobacco
Stay in a Hotel
Ride a Bus
Ride a Train
Ride a Plane
Start a Bank Account
Send Money
Receive Money
Get a Money order over 1000 Dollars
Cash a Check

Oh
AND GET A FUCKING REAL JOB, you need an ID for that too.

 

[Some Badger]

He still have fanatical supporters. I would imagine the most severe cases of TDS who will never accept that Biden, their saviour, has any flaws.
Just look at twitter you have people twisting their minds in hoops to explain away how every Biden failure is actually a good thing. These people are not just going to go "ok, Biden is bad now, so now we are against him."
But even if these fanatical supporters go away, you still have the republican party.
If the DNC turn on Biden in June, it would be grossly incompetent by the republicans if they do not turn it into a major major issue.

I would have so much more respect for people on the left if they could just admit that Biden is doing a shit job, but like their holy and infallible party, continue to triple down on their denial of reality. Even people I know who voted blue and were burned hard by the student loan stuff continue to insist that they'll continue to vote blue in spite of it.

I don't know about you guys, but if I didn't like a Republican candidate, I wouldn't vote for them unless their opponent was demonstrably worse in every way.

 

[Iceland Heavy]

The coherent arguments I see against voter ID that don't just come off as The White Shitlib's Burden tend to boil down to 'Republicans close down DMVs and make it harder to get IDs'. Which is an argument against Republican tricks, not an excuse to shut down voter ID altogether (or alternatively, making ID so easy to obtain that it becomes meaningless).