# 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:** 417
**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:** [November 14, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8355 "2021-11-14T23:23:58Z")
And he brings his background trees and buildings with him, I see. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2021, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8356 "2021-11-15T01:23:27Z")
Upon reflection, there is a tremendous risk to what Flynn advocates. Establishment of a state religion leaves whatsoever that religion might be, along with all other deprecated religions, exposed to regulation. A decent-type national leadership would be at liberty to imprison high-profile religious leaders for fraud or inciteful messages. I mean, if that is what it would take to wipe out televangelism and religious grift, I might give the notion some fair consideration. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8357 "2021-11-15T12:14:57Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > A decent-type national leadership would be at liberty to imprison high-profile religious leaders for fraud or inciteful messages. “You’re the Pope of Antifa!” ---
**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:** [November 15, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8358 "2021-11-15T14:57:59Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Upon reflection, there is a tremendous risk to what Flynn advocates. Establishment of a state religion leaves whatsoever that religion might be, along with all other deprecated religions, exposed to regulation. A decent-type national leadership would be at liberty to imprison high-profile religious leaders for fraud or inciteful messages. I mean, if that is what it would take to wipe out televangelism and religious grift, I might give the notion some fair consideration. Yep, these guys just don’t get it: Separation of Church and State protects the churches, just as much as it protects the state. If the government is purely secular in how it creates and applies laws, then I don’t care a whit what nonsense you pretend to believe every Sunday. But if your religion is suddenly the only proper basis for the law, then I care _very much_ what it is you’re spouting. If protecting me from religious extremists means I have to assist in taking over control of your church, then that’s what I’ll do. ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8359 "2021-11-15T16:13:37Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > **Chad Sudan** : Is that avatar The Boss? It is indeed! ---
**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:** [November 15, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8360 "2021-11-15T17:45:22Z")
Emerald Robinson is apparently out at Newsmax after repeating her anti-vax Satanic conspiracy theories. > **[Anti-Vax Conspiracist Emerald Robinson is Reportedly Out at Newsmax: ‘The...](https://www.mediaite.com/news/anti-vax-conspiracist-emerald-robinsons-is-reportedly-out-at-newsmax-the-decision-has-essentially-been-made/)** > > Newsmax White House correspondent Emerald Robinson has been off the air since earlier this month after she posted a lunatic tweet claiming that the Covid-19 vaccines contained a bioluminescent demonic tracker. And now it seems likely she may never... ---
**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:** [November 15, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8361 "2021-11-15T17:47:30Z")
Alex Jones found guilty by default in all four Sandy Hook lawsuits, after he refused to turn over documents ordered by the judge. > **[JUST IN: Alex Jones Found Guilty in All Four Sandy Hook Defamation Cases](https://www.mediaite.com/news/just-in-alex-jones-found-guilty-in-sandy-hook-defamation-lawsuit/)** > > Alex Jones has been found guilty in all four defamation lawsuits brought by the parents of children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8362 "2021-11-15T17:50:52Z")
Good. I hope they take him for every penny he’s got that isn’t committed to his ex-wife and supporting his children. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8363 "2021-11-15T17:53:54Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Emerald Robinson is apparently out at Newsmax after repeating her anti-vax Satanic conspiracy theories. No doubt there’s a place for her in a trump cabinet of the future…I’m guessing Health & ~~Human~~ Demonic Services. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8364 "2021-11-15T17:54:15Z")
Hell yeah. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8365 "2021-11-15T18:19:41Z")
I remember a couple of decades ago, when I was still attending church (even though I believed less and less with each passing month) at the fundamentalist “Church of Christ”, some people were talking in Sunday School about Christians and the church gaining control over government, and how wonderful that would be. I mentioned that it would be far better for us if the government remained secular. I was asked why – and I replied that, even in a “Church of Christ” stronghold like Nashville (that’s where I live), the Baptists outnumber us by a fair margin. There was simply no way that our tiny little group could hold sway over the teeming numbers of Baptists and Catholics. That response brought cold silence. Yeah, separation of church and state is a good thing, and members of small religious groups should be careful what they wish for. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8366 "2021-11-15T23:30:51Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Alex Jones found guilty by default in all four Sandy Hook lawsuits Is “found guilty” the correct wording? I thought that that was only a verdict applied to criminal trials. Jones is not going to prison because of this story, and (sadly) he will not be identified as a felon, losing certain rights. The sites that are using that phrasing need to knock that shit off. He was found liable, not guilty. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8367 "2021-11-15T23:57:55Z")
Yeah, damn I was wondering how much time he might get! Darn it. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8368 "2021-11-16T00:14:04Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Is “found guilty” the correct wording? He was found liable for damages in the lawsuits filed against him. A jury will be convened to determine how much he will owe the plaintiffs. He will probably never pay them a dime, however. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8369 "2021-11-16T03:22:05Z")
I’m puzzled by why that would be possible. Isn’t seizure of assets or at the least garnishment of earnings a thing that would apply? ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8370 "2021-11-16T03:30:14Z")
He’ll tie up the process with endless rounds of appeals. And then he’ll die. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8371 "2021-11-16T03:37:11Z")
My understanding of appeals of damage awards is that the party has to place the amount of the award in a sort of “escrow” account until they have either definitively won or lost. That could be an overstatement of the rules, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8372 "2021-11-16T03:41:07Z")
IANAL, and you very well may be correct. But he will attempt to drag it out as long as humanly possible. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8373 "2021-11-16T04:35:23Z")
Yeah, I’m not a lawyer either, nor even a college graduate. And this “rule,” such as it is, may vary from state to state. It would seem prudent for the court to freeze his assets, though. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8374 "2021-11-16T07:38:17Z")
This just in; John Fitzgerald Kennedy Junior is still dead. > **[QAnon conspiracy theorists return to Dallas to wait for JFK Jr — and sing 'We...](https://www.rawstory.com/qanon-jfk-jr-still-no-show-dallas/)** > > QAnon conspiracy theorists returned to Dallas, Texas on Monday evening, waiting for John F. Kennedy Jr. to miraculously appear. It's the second time that the son of the assassinated president has been expected to appear. As of 10:53 p.m. CDT he had... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=416) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=418)