# 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:** 211
**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:** [April 1, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4211 "2021-04-01T01:40:58Z")
Harper-and-Marxism? ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4212 "2021-04-01T04:06:02Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Are judges never referred to using pronouns? I was trying to think of a way to refer to the judge in the judge’s presence to someone else but not coming up with a good scenario. Besides, honorette sounded funny. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2021, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4213 "2021-04-01T04:10:36Z")
Seems that I hear them referred to as “his Honor” or “her Honor”, but I must admit 99.99% of my courtroom experience comes from watching them on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4214 "2021-04-01T08:29:39Z")
The point is, when you address another person directly, one usually uses 2nd person pronouns which, in English, are ungendered. The gender problem only arises when talking about a third person using the gendered 3rd person pronouns. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4215 "2021-04-01T19:59:47Z")
Marjorie Taylor Greene has introduced two new bills. One would cut Doctor Fauci’s salary to zero until such a time as he is replaced by someone else and that person is approved by the Senate. The job Fauci has does not require Senate approval. The second one would ban vaccine passports. With no committee assignments, she has too much time on her hands. She also posted a video of herself lifting weights, saying that’s how she keeps covid free. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4216 "2021-04-01T20:07:32Z")
It’s a wonder that Dr Fauci didn’t quit his government job in the past year after being harassed so much. (On the other hand, during the AIDS epidemic, activists on the left were on his case about what they saw as government inaction. So perhaps he’s used to this.) ---
**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:** [April 1, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4217 "2021-04-01T20:11:20Z")
The CEO of Delta did a little backtrack of his initial statement supporting the Georgia anti-voting law and announced that he opposes the law. (I’m sure calls for a boycott had nothing to do with it) So the Georgia state legislature has introduced a bill to eliminate Delta’s tax breaks. > **[Delta CEO blasts Georgia voting law, calling it “unacceptable”; Gov. Kemp...](https://www.wsbradio.com/news/local/delta-ceo-blasts-georgia-voting-law-calling-it-unacceptable-gov-kemp-responds/NZHB2Z3CDBEJLBFMCOT24TLR4E/)** > > It is the strongest statement that the Atlanta-based company has released regarding its opposition to the election overhaul. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4218 "2021-04-01T20:30:53Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Harper-and-Marxism? Hart Schaffner and Marxism ? ---
**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:** [April 1, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4219 "2021-04-01T20:55:27Z")
Newsmax anchor Greg Kelly: SMOKING WEED (aka GRASS) is NOT a good idea. I’ve tried it (back in the day) and it was WORSE than anything that happened to HUNTER BIDEN. I “toked up” with some buddies in Kentucky and woke up 4 days later in Nairobi, Kenya. With no idea what happened. DON’T DO DRUGS. > Because of my compelling “just say no” experience, my team has been receiving “feelers” from the BIDEN Administration about becoming its DRUZ CZAR (Director of National Drug Control Policy)-NO THANKS! But as I stated during the Transition, I would “consider” DEPUTY SEC OF DEFENSE > ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4220 "2021-04-01T21:08:43Z")
He’s trying to be funny? Or is genuinely mentally unbalanced. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4221 "2021-04-01T21:16:31Z")
He doesn’t want to smoke weed because it takes too much time away from him smoking crack. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4222 "2021-04-01T21:23:23Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I “toked up” with some buddies in Kentucky and woke up 4 days later in Nairobi, Kenya. As a Boy Scout and Officer Of The Newsletter for my church’s Youth Fun’n’Fellowship, I’ve always avoided drugs of any sort. But… free trip to Kenya? Hell, yeah! ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4223 "2021-04-01T21:26:44Z")
Pro tip: “Nairobi” is _extremely_ fun to say when you’re really high. I wonder if Greg Kelly knows that ? ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4224 "2021-04-01T21:37:02Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Pro tip: “Nairobi” is _extremely_ fun to say when you’re really high. I was just up the top of a very tall ladder so I tried saying Nairobi, it wasn’t that great, what am I missing? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4225 "2021-04-01T21:41:02Z")
Listen, Bud. Or … Listen: bud. Your call 😉 Be careful up there. Less oxygen, or so I’m told. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4226 "2021-04-01T21:46:27Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > I was just up the top of a very tall ladder… Duuude, you are so totally up there. Can you see the lake from there? No, don’t look! It’s danger. Wait til you come down. This is so cool. Ni…RO…beeee… ---
**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:** [April 1, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4227 "2021-04-01T22:00:58Z")
What exactly is a “DRUZ CZAR”? Is that some sort of Lebanese king? ---
**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:** [April 1, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4228 "2021-04-01T22:13:13Z")
Is it just me, or does this guy: > **[Delta CEO blasts Georgia voting law, calling it “unacceptable”; Gov. Kemp...](https://www.wsbradio.com/news/local/delta-ceo-blasts-georgia-voting-law-calling-it-unacceptable-gov-kemp-responds/NZHB2Z3CDBEJLBFMCOT24TLR4E/)** > > It is the strongest statement that the Atlanta-based company has released regarding its opposition to the election overhaul. Look a lot like this guy: [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/MaxheadroomMpegMan.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/MaxheadroomMpegMan.jpg) ---
**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:** [April 1, 2021, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4229 "2021-04-01T22:21:57Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > He doesn’t want to smoke weed because it takes too much time away from him smoking crack. He can’t smoke crack anymore because the My Pillow Guy smoked it all. From CEO to Crackhead and Back… ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4230 "2021-04-01T22:33:04Z")
> [@digs](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > I “toked up” with some buddies in Kentucky and woke up 4 days later in Nairobi, Kenya. > > As a Boy Scout and Officer Of The Newsletter for my church’s Youth Fun’n’Fellowship, I’ve always avoided drugs of any sort. But… free trip to Kenya? Hell, yeah! I don’t smoke marijuana because it makes me super paranoid, but if I could find the type that would send me to Nairobi I’d toke up in a heartbeat. There’s a [giraffe hotel](https://www.thesafaricollection.com/properties/giraffe-manor/) there I’m just _dying_ to see. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=210) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=212)