# 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:** 289
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5781 "2021-06-23T18:09:05Z")
New legislation mandates Florida university faculty and students to be surveyed on beliefs. Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested that budget cuts could be looming if universities and colleges are found to be “indoctrinating” students. > **[State university faculty, students to be surveyed on beliefs](https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/06/22/state-university-faculty-students-to-be-surveyed-on-beliefs/)** > > Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested that budget cuts could be looming if universities and colleges are found to be “indoctrinating” students. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5782 "2021-06-23T18:15:20Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested that budget cuts could be looming if universities and colleges are found to be “indoctrinating” students.- “Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested that budget cuts could be looming if universities and colleges are found to be ~~“indoctrinating”~~ _educating_ students.” Students must not be _educated_! They must not be exposed to any ideas (new or old) that might possibly open their minds or cause them to question anything or (God forbid!) think for themselves! An educated population is a dangerous population. Society must be protected from educated people. The next step is to make _ideas_ illegal. That’s coming… ---
**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:** [June 23, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5783 "2021-06-23T18:30:01Z")
Michael Savage: Critical race theory will lead to death camps for white people. > **[Newsmax Goes There: Critical Race Theory Is ‘Road to Death Camps’ for White...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/newsmax-goes-critical-race-theory-153306224.html)** > > Right-wing radio talker Michael Savage declared the obscure academic theory akin to the Holocaust, prompting a supportive response from a Newsmax TV host. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5784 "2021-06-23T18:33:14Z")
Nah… Obamacare’s Death _Panels_ will finish them off before they have a chance to get to the Death Camps. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5785 "2021-06-23T18:47:05Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Michael Savage: Critical race theory will lead to death camps for white people. More projection from the white supremacists. “Well, that’s what _we’d_ do, so…” ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5786 "2021-06-23T19:57:32Z")
Florida’s student surveys will quickly be overrun by massive participant trolling. Just too tempting a target for smartass college kids. (I say that with love) ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5787 "2021-06-23T20:02:37Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > More projection from the white supremacists. “Well, that’s what _we’d_ do, so…” I apologize for being dense, but that contraction is a little bit ambiguous. I’m assuming your intention was “Well, that’s what we _did_ do, so…”. My apologies if I’ve misunderstood. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5788 "2021-06-23T20:04:06Z")
That’s what we did do, and what we fantasize about doing in the future. Whatever works for you. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5789 "2021-06-23T20:50:40Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > Florida’s student surveys will quickly be overrun by massive participant trolling. Just too tempting a target for smartass college kids. (I say that with love) _"Uh, Governor DeSantis, the survey results show 28% of the students and faculty are Satanists; the remaining 72% listed Church of the FSM. I’m not sure what FSM stands for? Probably some offshoot from Baptist_." ---
**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:** [June 23, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5790 "2021-06-23T20:51:10Z")
Senator James Lankford says that if people living in DC want to vote for President, nothing requires them to live there. He acts like he thinks that everybody in DC moved there from someplace relse. > **[GOP senator on DC statehood: ‘No one is compelled to actually’ live there](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/559627-gop-senator-on-dc-statehood-no-one-is-compelled-to-actually-live-there/)** > > GOP Sen. James Lankford (Okla.) on Tuesday vocalized opposition to making Washington, D.C., the 51st state in the union, arguing that the nation’s capital has not had voting representatives in Cong… ---
**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:** [June 23, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5791 "2021-06-23T23:50:32Z")
Lankford: Why don’t they just vote in one of the districts at one of the other houses they own? Reporter: Uh, Senator, most people don’t own multiple houses, and some folks in DC are renting. Lankford: (Puzzled look) I don’t understand… ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5792 "2021-06-24T01:21:59Z")
Amy’ll give him shit. (Klobuchar and he have collaborated on a bunch of bipartisan stuff.) ---
**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:** [June 24, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5793 "2021-06-24T02:43:12Z")
Biden made comments today about people who think they can overthrow the government with rifles will have to deal with nuclear bombs and F-15s. Now the right wing machine is claiming that he threatened the American people with nuclear weapons and F-15s. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2021, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5794 "2021-06-24T03:36:49Z")
Qevin MqQarthy claims that he gave Officer Fanone of the Capitol Police the phone number to call his office to make an appointment so that they could meet. Fantone says that’s a lie. > **[Capitol Police Officer Disputes McCarthy's Claims of Reaching Out](https://www.newsweek.com/capitol-police-officer-calls-mccarthys-claims-he-reached-out-regarding-riot-bulls-1603519)** > > Shortly after Officer Michael Fanone's remarks, McCarthy's office reached out to the Capitol police officer, who said he finally spoke with a scheduler from the House minority leader's office on Wednesday afternoon—more than a month after Fanone... ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5795 "2021-06-24T12:46:21Z")
Equally stupid _and_ evil-Florida Governor DeSantis has just signed a bill requiring Florida students and professors to register their political views with the state: [DeSantis signs bill requiring Florida students, professors to register political views with state (msn.com)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/desantis-signs-bill-requiring-florida-students-professors-to-register-political-views-with-state/ar-AALn30q?ocid=msedgntp) " Based on the bill’s language, survey responses will not necessarily be anonymous — sparking worries among many professors and other university staff that they may be targeted, held back in their careers or even fired for their beliefs. According to the bill’s sponsor, state Sen. Ray Rodrigues, faculty will not be promoted or fired based on their responses, but, as [The Tampa Bay Times reported](https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/06/22/state-university-faculty-students-to-be-surveyed-on-beliefs/#) Tuesday, the bill itself does not back up those claims." Let’s hear it for The Florida Thought Police! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5796 "2021-06-24T12:51:57Z")
Is there any possible way that’s not going to get overturned by the courts? ---
**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:** [June 24, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5797 "2021-06-24T12:57:48Z")
Yes, but in the meantime they will begin making lists… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5798 "2021-06-24T13:00:28Z")
In the meantime they will attempt to destroy as many people’s lives as possible. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5799 "2021-06-24T13:59:43Z")
As the Maddowblog points out today, in the meantime most people will simply lie. Still doesn’t excuse DeSantis ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5800 "2021-06-24T14:47:39Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Equally stupid _and_ evil-Florida Governor DeSantis has just signed a bill requiring Florida students and professors to register their political views _Students?_ That will end well… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=288) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=290)