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"The legislature did not include a grace period."

Also in Kansas News: Kansas gov. vetoes bill saying it’d ban people from visiting grandparents of opposite sex

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[–] abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone 96 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This feels like something out of Nazi Germany

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 91 points 1 month ago (5 children)

It is. Jews had their drivers' licences revoked and lost property rights to their cars on Dec 31th 1938.

[–] husmus3274@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 1 month ago

It's hard, looking at the prologue of the darkest part of modern history replaying in realtime.

Unimaginable how it feels for those directly affected right now. And soon enough, nobody can watch from the sides.

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 14 points 1 month ago

Reprint of contemporary news article:

A police decree withdrawing all automobile drivers’ permits issued to German Jews was published yesterday. Signed by Heinrich Himmler, chief of all German police, the decree was intended as further punishment of the Jews, who already have been fined $400,000,000, for the murder by a Polish Jewish youth of Ernst vom Rath, third secretary of the German Embassy in Paris.

https://www.jta.org/archive/nazis-take-drivers-permits-from-jews-ban-use-of-central-berlin-areas

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago
[–] Omnipitaph@reddthat.com 3 points 1 month ago

That's true! And the letter that Kansas sent out specifically states:

"Upon surrendering the credential, you will be issued a new credential reflecting the gender identification consistent with statutory requirements."

So this time they still get to have their licenses. Its absolutely bullshit, and ridiculous, and abuse of power, and harassment, but just a baby step away from full on revoking of licenses.

[–] themaninblack@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Really interesting. Thanks