I thought at the time this law was proposed that the people going along with it would one day come to regret it... and I still think that way. Yes, I had a dog in this fight... as a woman the number of hoops I had to jump through and the amount of money I had to dole out to get the required paperwork was discriminatory and insane, IMO. And infuriating. My upshot after it was over? NO WOMAN should ever marry a man and change her name under any circumstances. But our world is being collapsed in on top of us, and most people can't even see it. They're either kicking or moving women out of high ranking positions, both in gov't and in private sector. They want women barefoot, at home, subservient to men. The easy answer to the REAL ID is never to change your name. But they presupposes you won't be required to change your name upon marriage once again... as you become the property (once again) of the man you just married.
And one of the main rights we had in this country was the right to freedom of association and the freedom of movement, without "papers"... well, guess what? ICE made sure we lost those rights. And now, here comes REAL ID to collapse it in even further, especially if you're a woman... and especially if you're under menopausal age. Talk about tracking a demographic! I realize we gave up all rights to privacy the minute we accepted free content for ads and all the info on a subscription registration... but are people really that crazy to think that all that info is out there free-floating into nowhere? And that trump, kegsbreath, Miller, and others won't use it anyway THEY want to use it?
And I say once again, they WILL be coming after voting rights using REAL ID as validation. It's just another way to purge and disenfranchise American voters.
This was one of the most intrusive laws to be passed... and Americans just gave up their rights of free travel, etc., for absolutely nothing... except maybe the concept of an idea of safety. And we know what Ben Franklin had to say about that.
I know there are a lot of people who consider this a nothing burger... but that's what they said when we screamed about losing Roe v Wade. And look at what happened. There are times we Cassandras are more than shrieking shrews! Some dots are really easy to connect.
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