# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140 "2020-06-22T07:01:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 150
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2989 "2021-01-26T00:59:54Z")
Is Ben still obnoxious at 19, or has he learned anything in the meantime. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2990 "2021-01-26T01:05:23Z")
I haven’t seen him in years, but as far as I know we both ended up relatively normal individuals ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2991 "2021-01-26T01:06:39Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > … Registered almost two decades ago, long, long before “antifa” would have had any meaning in public consciousness. Undiscoverable owner at a Panama City PO Box, using a phone with Minnesota area code, with a fax machine that appears to be in Peru. … The domain’s owner could be a domain squatter (aka cybersquatter). Part of the “business” is registering as many short-and-snappy nonsense words as possible. On the other hand, “antifa” as a reference to anti-fascist belief existed in Germany by 1990, at least, and was appropriated by Americans sometime later: > [@](#): > > Most contemporary antifa groups were formed after the German reunification in 1990, mainly in the early part of the 1990s. In 1990, _Autonome Antifa (M)_ was established in Göttingen. > **[Antifa (Germany) | Symbolism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifa_(Germany)#Symbolism)** > > Many contemporary antifa groups have adopted variants of the aesthetics of Antifaschistische Aktion. Its two-flag logo was originally designed by Max Gebhard \[de\] and Max Keilson \[de\] of the KPD-associated Association of Revolutionary Visual Artists. While the original logo of Antifaschistische Aktion featured two red flags representing communism and socialism, contemporary antifa logos since the 1980s usually feature a black flag representing anarchism and autonomism, in addition to the red 1. > ... and > [@](#): > > The name _antifa_ and the logo with two flags representing anarchism and communism are derived from the German antifa movement … In 2007, Rose City Antifa, likely the first group to utilize the name antifa, was formed in Portland, Oregon by former ARA members. > **[Antifa (United States)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifa_(United_States))** > > Central Europe > Germany > Italy If the wikipedia article is correct about “2007,” and the domain-owner is associated with the USA, that would lend credence to the idea that the domain was registered as part of a bunch of nonsense-words (which would explain the “dot com” choice). ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2992 "2021-01-26T01:14:07Z")
> **[Florida offers to host Olympics if Tokyo backs out: state official](https://www.rawstory.com/tokyo-olympics/)** > > Florida's chief financial officer on Monday told the International Olympic Committee that the state would be happy to host the Olympics Games amid speculation that current hosts Japan may back out.Jimmy Patronis sent a letter to Thomas Bach, the head... The IOC may be corrupt as hell, but I doubt they’re Florida corrupt. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2993 "2021-01-26T01:25:30Z")
Brandon Straka, the idiot who claimed to be an ex-liberal who started the “walk away” movement and who was banned from flying because of his refusal to wear a mask, has been arrested for the takeover of the Capitol. > **[Right-Wing Activist Banned From Airline for Not Wearing Mask Is Charged in...](https://www.thedailybeast.com/brandon-straka-right-wing-activist-banned-from-airline-is-charged-in-riots)** > > Brandon Straka founded the “WalkAway Campaign,” urging liberals to ditch the Democratic Party. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2994 "2021-01-26T01:40:30Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > And if you read further in, the bill does not say _anything_ about examining potentially transmen/boys to see if they actually have a dangly. > > It’s only the women they’re worried about. > > Frankly, this smells like an attempt to make sexual assault of a minor legal. - I imagine the “reasoning” is that a genetic female playing against boys doesn’t have the same physical advantage that a genetic boy playing against girls would have. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2995 "2021-01-26T01:48:31Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I imagine the “reasoning” is that a genetic female playing against boys doesn’t have the same physical advantage that a genetic boy playing against girls would have. But according to the same “reasoning”, a transgender boy playing against cisgender boys is so weak and fragile that he might get seriously hurt, so he needs to be excluded for his own protection and shielding the school from liability! (Couldn’t bring myself to reproduce that “reasoning” to the extent of misgendering this hypothetical transgender boy with the feminine pronouns that these folks would certainly have used for him.) But yeah, it’s pretty apparent that it’s only the girls’ genitalia they’ll insist on visually inspecting. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2996 "2021-01-26T02:14:56Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Saw this on reddit just now. > [Reddit - Dive into anything](https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/l4nh0c/whats_up_with_antifacom_directing_to/?sort=old) > > I’m including some of the 260+ comments. > > > Saw an image with “[antifa.com](https://antifa.com)” having the subdomain of “[thewhitehouse.gov](https://thewhitehouse.gov)”. I decided to check it out for myself and [antifa.com](https://antifa.com) redirected me to [thewhitehouse.gov](https://thewhitehouse.gov). _ **This is Russian disinformation** _ A Russian disinformation outlet did the exact same fucking thing this summer, except they linked [antifa.com](http://antifa.com) to Biden’s campaign website. The address [antifa.com](http://antifa.com) was registered in the Russian Federation until sometime last year, when it was moved to Panama. No other information on the ownership is available. Many reporters did note with alarm that Chanel Rion of OANN asked about the [antifa.com](http://antifa.com) redirect at a WH press briefing about two hours after it happened, casting further suspicion on OANN’s connections with Russian disinformation. > **['Antifa' website cited in conservative media attack on Biden is linked to —...](https://news.yahoo.com/atifa-website-one-america-chanel-rion-russia-004727528.html)** > > One America News chief White House correspondent Chanel Rion used a Russian-linked site to take a shot at the Democratic ticket. This ties into the larger QANON / OANN Russian disinformation scheme. I posted this in another thread. This article contains a wonderland of links on the subject, including the one above. > **[JIM WATKINS IS Q AND THE RUSSIANS ARE HELPING HIM](https://registrarproject17.medium.com/jim-watkins-is-q-the-russians-are-helping-him-and-other-adventures-b457848e210b)** > > The man behind Qanon is a vile hate-merchant coordinating with OANN, Flynn and Russian intelligence. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2997 "2021-01-26T12:06:06Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Fucking pervert probably wants to have his official “genital inspection badge” so he can emulate his hero and grab pussy whenever he wants. They really aren’t upset about girls ‘pretending’ to be boys (apologies for any offense). So he is presumably looking for an opportunity to grab dick. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2998 "2021-01-26T12:27:21Z")
I believe there will be opportunities for each “inspector” to follow his own proclivities. 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2999 "2021-01-26T14:51:02Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > > [@needscoffee](#): > > > > I imagine the “reasoning” is that a genetic female playing against boys doesn’t have the same physical advantage that a genetic boy playing against girls would have. > > But according to the same “reasoning”, a transgender boy playing against cisgender boys is so weak and fragile that he might get seriously hurt, so he needs to be excluded for his own protection and shielding the school from liability! I bet @DemonTree is over the moon at this news ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3000 "2021-01-26T15:05:09Z")
Can you point me to the part of the bill that mentions genital inspections, please? ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3001 "2021-01-26T15:15:00Z")
The article doesn’t make the claim that it does. In fact, it specifically points out that: > [@the article DT clearly did not read](#): > > Steube’s 2021 bill does not say how state and local sports governing bodies should define or check a student athlete’s “reproductive biology and genetics at birth”; all the bill does is threaten their federal funding if they don’t ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3002 "2021-01-26T15:22:36Z")
The actual bill is [here](https://steube.house.gov/sites/steube.house.gov/files/Steube.Protection.Of_.Women_.And_.Girls_.In_.Sports.Bill_.Text_.pdf) (two-page PDF warning). It says 1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT. 2 Section 901 of the Education Amendments of 1972 3 (20 U.S.C. 1681) is amended by adding at the end the 4 following: 5 ‘‘(d)(1) It shall be a violation of subsection (a) for 6 a recipient of Federal funds who operates, sponsors, or 7 facilitates athletic programs or activities to permit a per 8 son whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program 9 or activity that is designated for women or girls. 10 ‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, sex shall be rec 11 ognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology 12 and genetics at birth.’’. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3003 "2021-01-26T16:10:18Z")
> [@DemonTree](#): > > Can you point me to the part of the bill that mentions genital inspections, please? Oh sure - **now** you’re interested in the exact wording of legal statements. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3004 "2021-01-26T16:17:40Z")
I always assume that if someone was actually interested, then they would’ve looked it up for themselves. But if they’re playing partisan games, they’ll make you look it up, so they can nitpick your results to feel better about “their side”. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3005 "2021-01-26T17:58:58Z")
jUsT AsKiNg QuEsTiOnS. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3006 "2021-01-26T18:34:47Z")
[WTELF](https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/kellyanne-conway-accused-topless-photo-daughter-claudia-twitter-1234892220/?) Kellyanne Conway’s twitter account apparently posted one or more topless pictures of her 16-y/o daughter Claudia (they do seem to be at odds most of the time, but, fucking come on). ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3007 "2021-01-26T18:37:56Z")
Isn’t that like a felony? ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3008 "2021-01-26T18:49:53Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I always assume that if someone was actually interested, then they would’ve looked it up for themselves. _I_ couldn’t see anything about genital inspections in the bill, but I’m sure you’re all much too smart to be taken in by fake news. I expect someone will find it any minute now… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=149) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=151)