Breaking: New York now including tickets to Miami for all State prisoners upon release.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

Not really but just an evil thought and should not be taken seriously.

[dchill]

1. Thanks for the chuckle!

[Glorfindel]

2. It would be more impactful to send them to Pensacola

or Panama City. Those Florida Panhandle rednecks/bigots would explode in fury!

[Blue Owl]

3. Bwah!

[DashOneBravo]

4. I was

[C_U_L8R]

5. Didn't Rudy bus homeless to Florida?

The Republican playbook doesn’t change much.

[treestar]

6. Heh heh

DeSatann would deserve it!

[Mike Nelson]

7. Ha-ha!

... it isn't necessary. For some reason, Florida attracts them without free tickets!

[Rstrstx]

8. THIS is the way you do it

We need to play hardball with them. Send their parolees to FL, TX, AZ or any other state that does this crap.

They’re moaning about Kamala not having visited the border? Have her visit a former site where they used to house children in cages and compare it to a concentration camp.

Quit being so gawddam nice!!

[rizlaplus]

9. I chortled...

...then I guffawed. Now I'm thinking: "Yeah, this could be a thing"

[brooklynite]

10. So everyone in prison deserves it and should be gotten rid of?

Not quite as engaging an idea.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

11. Given a ticket, not forced to go anywhere.

We don't act that way.

[brooklynite]

15. So sending them to Florida or Texas is a good idea under any circumstances?

[Ilsa]

17. I think it's meant to be an offer.

Parole officers are so overwhelmed in Texas (from what I've heard), that some parolees might prefer life there.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

21. They are not being sent anywhere but I'm pretty sure you know that.

This is a fiction, tongue-in-cheek, satirical post. No convicts have been sent or will be sent anywhere.

[brooklynite]

26. I'm well aware its tongue in cheek...

...and usually the type of OP I just trash. But sometimes I like people who rant to think a bit about what they're actually saying.

[tenderfoot]

30. Busing out is only okay when red states ship their homeless to California

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/dec/20/bussed-out-america-moves-homeless-people-country-study

https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvg7ba/instead-of-helping-homeless-people-cities-are-bussing-them-out-of-town

Are you concerned about them?

[3Hotdogs]

12. Well, when ya take time to figure on it, Miami had experience dealing with exiled prisoners,

malcontents and the criminally insane. It was called the Melania Boat-lift or somethin' like that.

[LeftInTX]

13. "Our prisons are crowded!"

[markodochartaigh]

16. 5% tax

Put a 5% tax on products imported from Texas or Florida and use that money to fund programs to teach discharged prisoners job skills.

[NBachers]

18. Miami and Broward County vote Democrat. Send them to Tallahassee.

[KentuckyWoman]

20. 700 N Adams St, Tallahassee, FL 32303

Florida Governor's mansion.

[arlyellowdog]

22. I don't think it's ok laugh about sending a person

Whether the person is an immigrant or a prisoner who has done their time. You’re saying to get even by sending “this type of person.” I’m kind of shocked that this is accepted.

[Treefrog]

24. It's really saying that it's ok to use people as pawns.

Sad to see people here think this is "cool."

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

25. No one said "send."

[Stinky The Clown]

31. Good lord. Lighten the hell up. It was a JOKE, as evidenced by the body of the OP. To wit:

Not really but just an evil thought and should not be taken seriously.

[arlyellowdog]

33. Wow, just wow, lighten up,

I worked with former prisoners. No it’s beyond offensive.

[arlyellowdog]

34. And you don't even understand why it is offensive

If you “joke” that we retaliate by sending a specific group of people to a neighborhood. It is offensive to that group.

[Stinky The Clown]

35. Are you done? I hope you feel better.

No, I'm not laughing at prisoners (of which I now FAR more than you might imagine). No, not laughing at them. I am laughing at your over the top reaction to what is obviously a joke.

[KentuckyWoman]

39. I took this post a whole different way.

The people who think refugees are no value would think it of released prisoners too. I viewed the post as (perhaps wrongly) speaking to THEIR values and making a point at how ridiculous it is. A joke at MAGA expense.

[Treefrog]

37. It's not in the least bit funny.

Sad to see people think it is.

[jsabrown]

23. Appealing, but...

...it gives credence to the idea that migrants are criminals.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

27. And that people who have been incarcerted are undesirable neighbors.

[arlyellowdog]

32. Thank you, thank you, thank you

I was really wondering. People who have been incarcerated are not undesirable neighbors. Some of the comments on this thread seem like they were written by bigots.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

36. Some people will say anything, as long as it OwNs ThE rEpUbLiCaNs

[arlyellowdog]

41. Yes, you identified it. I wish they'd say, "Sorry to anyone who has served time."

[Treefrog]

38. Exactly so.

Mind-blowing.

[lefthandedskyhook]

28. Great idea!

nt

[Drum]

40. OMG got me!!

[Johnny2X2X]

42. Send them to Texas and hand them each an AR-15 when they get off the bus

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More guns equals safer right?

[arlyellowdog]

44. Because prisoners who have served their time are violent animals?

How is this Democratic Underground?

[Johnny2X2X]

45. I guess I should have included the sarcasm emoticon.

Done now.

[DFW]

43. Miami? Why not Tallahassee?

Or would that violate the "cruel and unusual punishment" clause?

[Tommy Carcetti]

46. Too late.

New York has already sent us the worst criminal of them all.

Everyone else pales in comparison.