JoeB131
Diamond Member
“Dumb laws deserve to be ignored”. So if I believe that petty larceny is a dumb law I should be allowed to steal? If I believe a speed limit is a dumb law I should be allowed to speed? If I believe drinking and driving being illegal is a dumb law, I should be allowed to drink and drive? LOL
Sure they do. I've already explained it to you... you can't just pass a law, you need to get buy-in from the majority that it is a law that should be enforced.
Case in point. Most people will report murders. They'll turn in their neighbors or family members. The cops will make arrests. Prosecutors will prosecute. Juries will convict. These laws are enforceable because they are a good idea.
OPPOSITE case. Marijuana laws. Yes, some old fuddy-duddies think they should still be a thing. But people won't report their family members or turn them in for a little weed. Cops usually won't arrest you if you aren't blowing it in their face. 1994 Pink Floyd Concert at Soldier's Field, I think I was the only one there without a joint! The CPD didn't bust anyone. Prosecutors won't prosecute and juries really won't convict unless there are other aggravating circumstances.
So MANY communities have decided that our immigration laws are dumb. We know where the undocumented live... but we don't report them. The cops don't arrest them unless they are doing something else and they don't report them to ICE anymore. Juries aren't convicting them. We've all kind of decided we like to be able to pick up some Day Laborers at the Home Depot when that DIY Project turns out to be harder than Chip and Joanna made it look.
If these persons want jobs in the US they need to apply for work visas. People cannot just pick and choose which laws are “dumb” and which are not.
Except we already have... ICE is finding massive lack of cooperation all over the country... because people have decided these laws are dumb.
Here is the thing. You keep stepping into it and now you’re so far into it you have to defend your stupid positions. You may be the stupidest person on this board and that is saying a lot given we have people like caddo kid, Lesh and deanrd here.
No, dumb is coming from a history of being oppressed and being cool when it's done to other people.