# 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:** 40
**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:** [September 3, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/786 "2020-09-03T18:58:54Z")
Maybe that’s the point. A new revolution is in progress, and it is Rittenhouse’s side that will be sent packing back across the ocean. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/787 "2020-09-03T20:39:14Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Kyle Rittenhouse’s lawyer has been blocked from Twitter for tweeting out the following: > ““Kyle Rittenhouse will go down in American history alongside that brave unknown patriot at Lexington Green who fired ‘The Shot Heard Round The World’ on April 19, 1775. A Second American Revolution against Tyranny has begun.”” I’ve been saying that we seem to have reached the blood-in-the-streets phase already. Quite a bit sooner than I thought we would, even. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/788 "2020-09-03T21:36:53Z")
Just a quick bit on history. The “first shot” of the revolution, at the Villiage Green in Lexington, is still a matter of dispute if a nervous militiaman or a British regular fired it. It is historical fact that both sides opened fire then, the British routing the irregulars. A couple hours later, at Concord, it was the Colonists who fired at the British squad holding 'the rude bridge" that Emerson wrote about. Press on. ---
**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 3, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/789 "2020-09-03T22:14:41Z")
[https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:K7lfNcViXZYJ:https://www.nps.gov/mima/learn/education/the-shot-heard-round-the-world.htm+&cd=16&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us](https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:K7lfNcViXZYJ:https://www.nps.gov/mima/learn/education/the-shot-heard-round-the-world.htm+&cd=16&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us) > No one can dispute Lexington’s claim to the first shots, and sadly, the first colonial casualties of the Revolutionary War. However the “shot heard round the world” is not a reference to the **first** shot. > **[Shot Heard 'Round the World](https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/shot-heard-round-world)** > > “Will you let them burn the town down?” Asked Joseph Hosmer, a resident of Concord, Massachusetts, and member of the militia and minutemen... > British Captain Laurie, in charge of the 115 men in the three companies, gave the command to move into “street firing” formation to allow for uninterrupted firing, as one row would fire, then melt to the flanks of the one behind, which would then fire, and do the same behind the third row, and so on until the field was taken or given up. > > On came the militia, muskets held mostly at the trail in their left hands, the stocks barely above the ground. After descending the hill, the men’s route had consumed the curvature of the topography, reaching a causeway, and then headed east along the Concord River toward the North Bridge. Captain Laurie was still scrambling to get the three companies into the right formation, since, being from various units, the men had not worked with each other prior to being put together for this advance into the Massachusetts countryside. > > And then, a musket discharge reverberated. Captain Laurie snapped his head around and noticed one of his men had fired. The now-famous “shot heard around the the world” had been discharged. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/790 "2020-09-04T18:50:11Z")
This is more “evil” than stupid, but we don’t actually have an Evil Republican Idea of the Day thread: > **[State: Lawmaker advocated burning Black Lives Matter houses](https://apnews.com/43d1de4916908dd6f216b3647ca6744a)** > > CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A legislator accused of making a Facebook post that advocated burning and looting houses displaying Black Lives Matter signs is being investigated by the state attorney... ---
**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 4, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/791 "2020-09-04T18:53:09Z")
Congressman Thomas Massie says Kyle Rittenhouse showed “incredible restraint” when he didn’t empty his entire magazine into the crowd. [Thomas Massie, Kentucky GOP Rep., Lauds ‘Incredible Restraint’ of Accused Double Murderer Kyle Rittenhouse](https://www.thedailybeast.com/thomas-massie-kentucky-gop-rep-lauds-incredible-restraint-of-accused-double-murderer-kyle-rittenhouse)? ---
**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:** [September 4, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/792 "2020-09-04T18:59:03Z")
It’s like the joke. “Hey, I managed to prevent a mass murder today!” “Really, how’d you do that?” “Self restraint.” ---
**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 4, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/793 "2020-09-04T20:58:49Z")
Texas Assistant Attorney General loses his job after his months of racist, homophobic, violence-encouraging social media posts becomes public. > **[Assistant Texas attorney general loses job after report surfaces racist tweets](https://www.texastribune.org/2020/09/03/nick-moutos-texas-attorney-general/)** > > Nick Moutos threatened Black Lives Matter protesters and has regularly referred to the organizers as “terrorists.” He called Islam a “virus” and trans people an “abomination.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/794 "2020-09-04T21:22:41Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Kyle Rittenhouse’s lawyer has been blocked from Twitter for tweeting out the following: > ““Kyle Rittenhouse will go down in American history alongside that brave unknown patriot at Lexington Green who fired ‘The Shot Heard Round The World’ on April 19, 1775. A Second American Revolution against Tyranny has begun.”” Wasn’t last week’s story that he was there to help the authorities and defend our political system against people who were rising up against it? ---
**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:** [September 4, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/795 "2020-09-04T21:25:50Z")
Yes, exactly. He is being compared to the British soldier who fired the first shot to help to maintain the tyranny of King George. He was there, just as Rittenhouse was, to help the authorities against those who opposed it. His lawyer is pointing out that a new revolution against tyranny has begun, and his client is on the side of the tyrants. They either don’t know history, or are hoping that it goes differently this time. ---
**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 4, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/796 "2020-09-04T21:38:30Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Wait - the Redcoats were patriots? Semantically, yes. Patriots are the loyalists. The colonies were still crown subjects, so actual patriotism would have meant support for the king. The colonists who fought to throw off the crown would have been renegades, rebels, bearers of treason, anything but patriots. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/797 "2020-09-04T23:35:05Z")
When Ben Franklin said at the signing of the Declaration of Independence, “We must all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately,” he wasn’t speaking figuratively about the latter option. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/798 "2020-09-05T03:23:12Z")
> [@Texas Tribune](#): > > “As of today, this individual no longer works for the Office of the Attorney General,” Kayleigh Date, spokesperson for the attorney general’s office, told The Texas Tribune. Yeah, he can probably find a better gig in the Trump administration anyway. ---
**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 5, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/799 "2020-09-05T19:12:36Z")
Two Boogalo Bois arrested for trying to join forces with Hamas. > **[Boogaloo Bois Arrested For Trying To Join Up With Hamas](https://www.wonkette.com/boogaloo-bois-arrested-for-trying-to-join-up-with-hamas)** > > Sure, why not? ---
**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 5, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/800 "2020-09-05T19:51:52Z")
Multiple boats sinking or in distress on Lake Travis outside Austin during the pro-Individual 1 boat rally. > **[Multiple boats sink during Trump Boat Parade on Lake Travis](https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/multiple-boats-in-distress-sinking-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis)** > > A parade for President Donald Trump gets dicey when multiple boats sink on Lake Travis. According to first responders, nobody was injured. At around 2:50 p. m. the TCSO confirmed via tweet that they had responded to multiple calls made about boats... ---
**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 5, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/801 "2020-09-05T19:56:06Z")
Ha-ha! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/802 "2020-09-05T20:00:51Z")
When you carry water for Trump… Hopefully symbolic of Trump’s campaign. No, you fools! You shoot guns in the _air!_ ---
**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 5, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/803 "2020-09-05T20:27:58Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Two Boogalo Bois arrested for trying to join forces with Hamas. > [Boogaloo Bois Arrested For Trying To Join Up With Hamas](https://www.wonkette.com/boogaloo-bois-arrested-for-trying-to-join-up-with-hamas) “Boojahideen”? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/804 "2020-09-05T21:14:20Z")
I came to post this, and see that Rick Kitchen has already done so. Oh well, it’s worth seeing twice. “AUSTIN, Texas – Authorities in Texas confirmed to ABC News they are responding to “multiple distress calls” and “a few boats have sunk” where a “boat parade” in support of President Donald Trump was being held Saturday afternoon.” I’ll withhold the link, because it’s up above a few posts. Trump boaters: “Oopsie!” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/805 "2020-09-05T21:27:57Z")
Unknown to the organizers, Biden supporters hid extra water just below the surface. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=41)