# 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:** 353
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7071 "2021-09-06T20:59:50Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I advise Jacob Chansley to just take his lumps and move on. In whatever fashion that allows him. If he was capable of enough rationality to follow this advice, he wouldn’t be the “QAnon Shaman” in the first place. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7072 "2021-09-06T21:16:04Z")
WTF?? Maybe he’ll release excerpts from Chansley’s diary where he talks about wanting to take Donald Trump to the big dance and hoping he gets Donald to give him a handjob in the back seat of mom’s car afterwards. Hey, QShaman………your lawyer’s not helping. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7073 "2021-09-06T23:31:08Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Qanon Shaman’s lawyer’s new defense: > He was apparently so fond of former President Donald Trump , it was “not unlike the first love a man may have for a girl.” There’s something in the pro-authoritarian brain that apparently finds this sort of thing to be …convincing? useful? I’m strongly reminded of Donald’s rhapsodizing about Kim Jong Un and the “beautiful letters” that made them “fall in love.” There may be a sort of claim here that’s supposed to disarm opposition, a kind of '_I’m so manly that I can talk about tender love with another man, and you can’t criticize [or prosecute] me because I’m so manly and confident.’_ Or maybe not. But the two situations do seem as though they reflect a similar tactic. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7074 "2021-09-06T23:33:58Z")
“Man” plus “girl” is a bad reminder of recent Republican behavior. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7075 "2021-09-06T23:53:38Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Qanon Shaman’s lawyer’s new defense: > He was apparently so fond of former President Donald Trump , it was “not unlike the first love a man may have for a girl.” Am I the only one reminded of Illinois Nazi’s “I have always loved you” falling-car confession in _The Blues Brothers_? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7076 "2021-09-07T00:13:33Z")
Well, it’s an improvement over “he believed all the lies because he’s stupid.” ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7077 "2021-09-07T00:32:01Z")
So it’s the Gay For Trump Defense. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7078 "2021-09-07T01:14:41Z")
I like how in the image of the letter, it is obvious that Madison Cauthorn does not know how to spell “Cawthorn”. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7079 "2021-09-07T01:33:00Z")
I’d sure like to know which one didn’t bother to check that Marissa Mayer was still the CEO of Yahoo. I hope they put that one in charge of a lot more things. In fact, I hope that’s who is in charge of the insurrection they have planned for the 18th. Maybe they’ll end up at the wrong place or something. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2021, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7080 "2021-09-07T07:59:05Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > There’s something in the pro-authoritarian brain that apparently finds this sort of thing to be …convincing? useful? > > I’m strongly reminded of Donald’s rhapsodizing about Kim Jong Un and the “beautiful letters” that made them “fall in love.” > > There may be a sort of claim here that’s supposed to disarm opposition, a kind of ’ _I’m so manly that I can talk about tender love with another man, and you can’t criticize [or prosecute] me because I’m so manly and confident.’_ > > Or maybe not. But the two situations do seem as though they reflect a similar tactic. _“I’m just a girl…standing in front of a man…asking him to formally pardon her for committing serious felonies…”_ ---
**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:** [September 7, 2021, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7081 "2021-09-07T11:59:53Z")
This is wonderfully bizarre, if true: > [@](#): > > [Horse Paste causes sterility!](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/9/6/2050743/-Oh-this-is-funny-Horse-Paste-causes-sterility) > > … > > According to this article, Ivermectin affects the following: > > - Morphology (weird shapes) > - Motility (can’t swim) > - Sperm count > > > There was a significant drop in the sperm counts of the patients after their treatment with ivermectin. For example in a particular patient the sperm count dropped from 125 million cells per ml of sperm before therapy with ivermectin to 105 million per ml after the treatment > > > > 6\*[Normal Control Range = 60 – 120 x 10 per ml, see table 1]. There was also a significant reduction in the motility of the cells after the treatment with ivermectin. These reductions were not concurrent, nor where they in proportion to one another. As for the morphology, there was a significant increase in the number of abnormal cells after the treatment with ivermectin \*[Normal control Range of normal motility = above 50%, see table 1]. > > Not just counts, but motility, too: > > > Also sperm motility was found to reduce drastically (see table 3) when pre ivermectin and post ivermectin motility tests are compared. Sperm with abnormal morphology were also found to have increased after ivermectin therapy as shown in table 4 > **[Oh, this is funny: Horse Paste causes sterility!](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/9/6/2050743/-Oh-this-is-funny-Horse-Paste-causes-sterility?utm_campaign=trending)** > > Archives of Applied Science Research (2011): Effects of Ivermectin therapy on the sperm functions of Nigerian onchcerciasis† patients †onchocerciasis == river blindness Rationale for them to perform this study: … a recent report showed that 85% of... Here’s the actual paper: > **[effects-of-ivermectin-therapy-on-the-sperm-functions-of-nigerian-onchocerciasis-patients.pdf](https://www.scholarsresearchlibrary.com/articles/effects-of-ivermectin-therapy-on-the-sperm-functions-of-nigerian-onchocerciasis-patients.pdf)** > > 217.65 KB Idonije, O. B., E. Asika, O. Okhiai, and I. Nweke. “Effects of Ivermectin Therapy on the sperm function of Nigerian onchocerciasis patients.” _Arch Appl Sci Res_ 3 (2011): 533-543. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7082 "2021-09-07T14:34:08Z")
Honestly, after horse paste poisoning, and catching COVID anyway, I think male sterility is the least of their problems, yah? ---
**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7083 "2021-09-07T16:15:43Z")
Since impotence is one of the normal symptoms of long covid, perhaps not a big problem. [The most common symptoms were fatigue, post-exertional malaise (where people’s health worsens after physical or mental exertion) and brain fog. Other effects included visual hallucinations, tremors, itchy skin, changes to the menstrual cycle, **sexual dysfunction** , heart palpitations, bladder control issues, shingles, memory loss, blurred vision, diarrhoea and tinnitus.](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jul/15/long-covid-has-more-than-200-symptoms-study-finds) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7084 "2021-09-07T16:31:17Z")
Life has caught up with Jeff Foxworthy: _Side effects may include: nausea, vomiting, water weight gain, lower back pain, receding hairline, eczema, seborrhea, psoriasis, itchy chafing clothing, liver spots, blood clots, ringworm, excessive body odor, uneven tire wear, pyorrhea, gonorrhea, diarrhea, halitosis, scoliosis, loss of bladder control, hammertoes, the shanks, low sperm count, warped floors, cluttered drawers, hunchback, heart attack, low resale value on your home, feline leukemia, athlete’s foot, head lice, club foot, MS, MD, VD, fleas, anxiety, sleeplessness, drowsiness, poor gas mileage, tooth decay, split ends, parvo, warts, unibrow, lazy eye, fruit flies, chest pains, clogged drains, hemorrhoids, dry heaving, and sexual dysfunction._ ---
**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:** [September 7, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7085 "2021-09-07T18:11:15Z")
The governor of Texas says there’s no need for women to be concerned about having to have rapists’ babies under the new anti-abortion law, because rape is illegal in Texas. > **[Gov. Abbott: Abortion bill won’t force rape victims to have babies, Texas...](https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/gov-abbott-abortion-bill-wont-force-rape-victims-to-have-babies-texas-will-eliminate-rapists/)** > > Abbott said the law, which is the most restrictive in the U.S., gives rape victims up to six weeks to get abortion and thusly “does not do that \[force victims to have their assaulter’s … ---
**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:** [September 7, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7086 "2021-09-07T18:15:21Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The governor of Texas says there’s no need for women to be concerned about having to have rapists’ babies under the new anti-abortion law, because rape is illegal in Texas. Getting Texas rapists off the streets will be easy, because they all wear big glowing neon signs that say “Texas Rapist” ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7087 "2021-09-07T19:56:29Z")
There was a WWE wrestler named Rob Van Dam whose finisher would be to rest a steel chair up against his opponent’s face and then Rob would drop-kick it. There’s no particular reason that image flashed across my mind when I saw Abbott’s picture… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7088 "2021-09-07T20:05:58Z")
Lindsey Graham wants to get more soldiers killed in Afghanistan. > **[Video shows BBC reporter looking stunned when Lindsey Graham said the US...](https://news.yahoo.com/video-shows-bbc-reporter-looking-091120221.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAo34KA1Z2uT1q0v5edbfr5ISVSTv5P4sj7J21gOy1HbbN5xKTu3MIte58KLU6J8WBk6TC_cz77FVNt371bKNqNjC6bFNJL5VtyCSnOj9k4jDLKALMw6cmkeqtjq3muzrdN_wnl3z1SZZfNMf1eCJKGsQarXcK9dBOoHnAsE8jOt)** > > Sen. Lindsey Graham said the US would "have to" go back to Afghanistan to prevent terrorist threats from growing. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7089 "2021-09-07T20:28:24Z")
Fox is already saying that the only way Gavin Newsom can win the recall election is through voter fraud. > **[Fox Host Claims ‘Only Thing’ That Will Save Newsom Is ‘Voter Fraud’](https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-host-tomi-lahren-claims-only-thing-that-will-save-gavin-newsom-is-voter-fraud)** > > Fox News personalities appear to be setting up the conspiratorial narrative to explain away Newsom potentially surviving a recall vote. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7090 "2021-09-07T20:31:06Z")
Caitlin Jenner says she supports Texas’s abortion law and the way Florida is handling covid. > **[Jenner Says She Supports Texas Abortion Law, DeSantis' COVID Strategy](https://www.newsweek.com/caitlyn-jenner-says-she-supports-texas-abortion-law-desantis-covid-strategy-1626760)** > > "I am for a woman's right to choose. I am also for a state having the ability to make their own laws, and so I support Texas in that decision," Jenner said. . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=352) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=354)