More Fun from Missouri ...

Good thing we have a "right to privacy" in this country. Amirite?

 

I don't think this invades privacy. It would require the cops to list their impressions of the people they stop.

But that would involved the cops having gaydar and being honest, that they are stopping all minorities or something.

Sounds like a good idea but a bad law.

 

Terrible law. Not even really a good idea. Good intent, maybe, but this is idiotic. If a cop asks me if I'm straight or gay or what my religion is, my answer is "None of your damn business."

 

The obvious answer is not to leave it up to the cops. Hire trained evaluators to ride along in every patrol car. They can be trained and rated on how good their gayday, gen-dar and god-dar are at evaluating sexual orientation, gender identification, and religion.

 

Why not include sexual orientation on driver's licenses and state issued ID cards so they don't have to ask or guess?

 

Screw it, let's just tattoo it next to their state-issued ID number on their forearms!

 

And maybe there is a way to indicate what religion a person is. Like if you are Jewish maybe there is a symbol you could wear.

 

It's like an idea you think is good for maybe five seconds until you think through the mechanics of how it would work and realize it's dumb. And that's the kindest spin I can imagine.

 

It'll be necessary under President Trump, because Muslims will not be allowed to drive

 

Unless they're having homosex while they're driving, or while blocking a crowded intersection, how is sexual orientation any of the cops' business?

Same for religion. And disability - disabled people drive all the time without incident.

I could maybe see language skills being relevant to obeying street signs.

 

When good ideas go Hitler.