# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/62 "2020-06-29T19:50:45Z")
Do you think they chose “Rebels” because the school’s name had “Southern” in it? That might have seemed pretty clever a few decades ago. These days, “UNLV Runnin’ Rebels” makes next-to-no sense (what’s rebellious about Vegas?) so it strikes me as pretty innocuous – but if people automatically associate “Rebel” with “Confederacy” regardless of context, it’s likely to be changed soon. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/63 "2020-06-29T20:12:53Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > (what’s rebellious about Vegas?) Well, you know, they keep insisting on eating meat and wearing leather despite being Vegans. > [@](#): > > … people automatically associate “Rebel” with “Confederacy … Not me. Where I worked, HR was under the supervision of a Rebel. Rebel Costanza. She was good at it, too. Must be a suck job. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/64 "2020-06-29T20:46:28Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > … people automatically associate “Rebel” with “Confederacy … > > Not me. Where I worked, HR was under the supervision of a Rebel. Rebel Costanza. She was good at it, too. Must be a suck job. Dang … Rebel Wilson is gonna need new business cards. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/65 "2020-06-29T21:42:38Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Today at a Three-Percenter rally in Olympia, [Sacha Baron Cohen managed to get onstage in a redneck costume and lead the crowd in embarrassing hate songs for over eight minutes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5ryIztqI5g&feature=youtu.be) before anyone wised up. To add to that, after he and his band took off in waiting cars. SBC came back in another disguise and hung around the rally organizers who thought he was a cameraman. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/66 "2020-06-30T01:33:22Z")
That flag change will never happen so long as it’s required that the voters approve a new design. If the state continues to fly the current flag until a new flag is approved, then all the legislature has done is pass the buck. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/67 "2020-06-30T05:48:48Z")
After the bill is signed by the governor (he says he will sign it in the next few days), the flags have to immediately be taken down from public buildings. Some places are even getting a head start. > **[Mississippi flag being taken down from many stores even before governor signing](https://www.wcvb.com/article/mississippi-flag-being-taken-down-from-many-stores-even-before-governor-signing/33005214)** > > The Mississippi flag is fading from public display in many places, even before the governor signs a bill that will retire the last state banner in the U.S. that includes the Confederate battle emblem. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/68 "2020-06-30T06:22:21Z")
Glad to hear that, **aurora\_maire** , thanks. But I think my point stands that as long as the new flag design must be approved by the voters, there will never be a new flag for that state. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/69 "2020-06-30T08:26:24Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I believe the trumpniks WOULD like to put up statues to His Orangeness. Maybe even rename a few states. Okay, but think of what doing such would do to pop culture: _I’m just a sweet Trumpvestite,_ _From Trumpsexual,_ _Trumpsylvania!_ _Trumplifornia, here I come,_ _All those Libs are really dumb…_ _Trumplahoma, where the wind combs his hair over his pate…_ _New Trump, New Trump, it’s a wonderful state,_ _The Dow is up, and there’s plenty to hate…_ Yeah. Maybe we should hold off on renaming states to honor the Cheeto-in-Chief. Although he deserves being made fun of, it’s far too easy to make fun of him if we do. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/70 "2020-06-30T13:49:58Z")
Put “God” on the new flag in big enough letters, and I’m confident you’ll have a solid block of voters who would approve it regardless of the overall design. ---
**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 30, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/71 "2020-06-30T14:38:32Z")
> **[Texas Megachurch Defends Having Choir Sing In Front Of Mike Pence](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/first-baptist-dallas-choir-mike-pence_n_5efa276ac5b6acab28455ca0)** > > The choir performed indoors — even though health experts have warned that COVID-19's spread can be augmented by singing. > First Baptist Dallas [took several steps](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSaBLuapAIk) to try to curb the spread of the virus during the service, encouraging people to wear masks, conducting temperature checks, providing hand sanitizing liquid, and encouraging vulnerable populations to stay home. > > But the church also had its choir sing ― despite the fact that indoor choir rehearsals and performances have been[linked to outbreaks of COVID-19.](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-03-29/coronavirus-choir-outbreak) > > **The choir wore masks while sitting down between songs** , [according to CNN.](https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/28/politics/mike-pence-dallas-choir-no-masks-church-event/index.html) **But during performances, members removed their masks and sang loudly** and energetically while facing the audience. They performed the national anthem, the anthems of each branch of the military and several hymns. The indoor service lasted for about one and a half hours. My bold. Yeah, that probably helped. 🙄 ---
**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 30, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/72 "2020-06-30T15:05:13Z")
Personally, I think that any state flying the Confederate battle standard officially should be taken at their word: Flying that standard is a statement that the state is still in revolt against the US government. Which should in turn be taken as consent to remove the state’s representation in the Senate (the Constitution says that can’t be done without a state’s consent, which implies that a state can consent to it). ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/73 "2020-06-30T15:20:10Z")
It may depend on how the write the referendum. If its written to only allow voters to decide between designs A, B and C, none of which contain the Confederate flag, then it could work. If on the other hand the choice is keep the current flag or change it to flag X, then its not going to go anywhere. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/74 "2020-06-30T15:38:15Z")
Then they get to be flagless. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/75 "2020-06-30T17:35:28Z")
Extra bonus, from the other side, it says DOG. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/76 "2020-06-30T19:04:30Z")
Tsurtew dogni ---
**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 30, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/77 "2020-06-30T21:05:57Z")
> **[Iowa's Republican Governor Gives Huge Middle Finger to Abortion Access On the...](https://jezebel.com/iowas-republican-governor-gives-huge-middle-finger-to-a-1844217335)** > > Hours after the Supreme Court gave abortion advocates and providers a victory (for now) with a 5-4 decision striking down Louisiana’s draconian admitting privileges law, Iowa’s Republican Governor Kim Reynolds decided to give a big ole middle... "As Planned Parenthood attorney Alice Clapman told NBC News, “The situation feels like Groundhog Day because we were here only three years ago seeking the same emergency relief and litigating a mandatory delay law that was indistinguishable from this one.” " She signed the bill even as a similar law requiring a 72-hour waiting period was [ruled unconstitutional](https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/health/2018/06/29/abortion-iowa-supreme-court-planned-parenthood-72-hour-waiting-period-american-civil-liberties-union/745068002/) by the state’s Supreme Court in 2018." ---
**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 30, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/78 "2020-06-30T22:22:05Z")
> **[The Texas GOP convention will gather thousands of people indoors without a...](https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/29/texas-gop-convention-coronavirus-harris/)** > > The Texas Medical Association, the state's largest medical group, said it is hopeful convention attendees will wear masks and practice social distancing. > The Texas Medical Association is encouraging Texans to practice social distancing, stay home when possible and wear masks to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. But despite the potential mixed message it may send, the state’s largest medical organization said Monday it is not reconsidering its sponsorship of the [Texas Republican convention next month](https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/27/texas-republican-party-convention-coronavirus-houston/). Some 6,000 people from across the state are expected to gather indoors without a mask mandate at the convention in Houston, one of the nation’s fastest-growing COVID-19 hot spots. > > A spokesperson for TMA, which represents more than 53,000 Texas physicians and medical students, told The Texas Tribune that it will honor its commitment to the event. > > “The agreement will not be revisited,” Brent Annear said in an email Monday. > > He added that despite the fact that the GOP organizers won’t require attendees to wear masks, TMA “encourages everyone who goes anywhere to wear masks.” That should go really well. 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/79 "2020-06-30T22:29:37Z")
So much for “first, do no harm” 😷 ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/80 "2020-07-01T12:36:02Z")
Is the Texas Medical Association a real group, or is it a conservative front like the American College of Pediatrics? ---
**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:** [July 1, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/81 "2020-07-01T13:09:37Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Is the Texas Medical Association a real group, or is it a conservative front like the American College of Pediatrics? - That is an excellent question. Here is a description from [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Texas_Medical_Association): > [@](#): > > The **Texas Medical Association (TMA)** is the country’s largest [501(c)(6)](https://ballotpedia.org/501(c)(6)) nonprofit medical society. According to TMA, the group’s legislative team aims to lobby on behalf of physicians at the state and federal levels in order to promote physician autonomy and minimize regulatory intervention in the practice of medicine. The association also offers outreach services to members such as professional insurance and continuing medical education. From this I get the impression this is like a Chamber of Commerce for doctors, i.e., it’s oriented to the business side of medical practice, not the scientific/medical side. But today the organization is reversing the position I cited yesterday. > **[Doctors reverse course, say Texas GOP should cancel in-person convention](https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/30/texas-gop-convention-coronavirus-medical-association/)** > > One day after The Texas Tribune reported that the Texas Medical Association was a sponsor for the indoor convention that is expected to draw 6,000 people, the doctors' group announced it was calling on organizers to cancel. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=5)