# 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:** 420
**Author:** ![Drsunflower1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drsunflower1/32/12711_2.png) [@Drsunflower1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drsunflower1)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8415 "2021-11-17T15:38:40Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Good description for this board, but I prefer “Demented and sad, but social”. THANK YOU 🤣 ---
**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 17, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8416 "2021-11-17T15:46:58Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > You know what pisses me off the most about that bigot? The whole “I don’t hate gays, but LGBTQ things make people mad, so I’m against it.” line of thinking. It’s standard Little Kid Logic: The fight didn’t start until he hit me back. ---
**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 17, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8417 "2021-11-17T16:16:40Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The latest from the pillow guy; next week on Tuesday (which, being November 23rd, is also the next time JFK Jr. is scheduled to stick his head out from the grassy knoll to check whether he can see his own shadow), 30 states, including blue states, will sue the Supreme Court demanding Loser Donald be reinstated. > > [‘Hitler did it!’ Mike Lindell claims last-minute conspiracy to stop his Thanksgiving election reversal](https://www.rawstory.com/mike-lindell-lawsuit-2655748253/) These days, whenever I see Lindell, I find myself waiting for the _denouement_ , when he says “I may be a scwewy wabbit, but I’m not going to Alcatwaz!.” ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8418 "2021-11-17T16:55:01Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > > [@Cheesesteak](#): > > > > You know what pisses me off the most about that bigot? The whole “I don’t hate gays, but LGBTQ things make people mad, so I’m against it.” line of thinking. > > It’s standard Little Kid Logic: The fight didn’t start until he hit me back. I believe the correct response to “LGBTQ things make people mad, so I’m against it” is “Fuck your feelings, snowflake.” ---
**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:** [November 17, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8419 "2021-11-17T17:21:50Z")
Visiting that site I’m having serious Poe’s law issues. Things like D.U.M.B. somewhat re-assure me that its all just tongue in cheek, ironic humor, but then up until recently I would have thought the same thing about the notion of JFK Jr. faking his own death. The site plays it very straight, and I suspect that a lot of their business comes from people who take it seriously. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8420 "2021-11-17T17:45:19Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > You know what pisses me off the most about that bigot? The whole “I don’t hate gays, but LGBTQ things make people mad, so I’m against it.” line of thinking. It was the other board member’s statement that got my goat. > “Do we want Muslims moving into our county?” Ulsh asked, before citing **an internet conspiracy theory** — thoroughly [debunked](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/muslim-brotherhood-takeover-fbi/) by [Snopes.com](http://snopes.com/) — that a Muslim man had been arrested on U.S. soil with a 30-year blueprint for taking over America. Like an LGBTQ organization in a tiny western Pennsylvania county would have any connection to a Muslim takeover of the US – even if that CT was true. ---
**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 17, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8421 "2021-11-17T18:12:36Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Like an LGBTQ organization in a tiny western Pennsylvania county would have any connection to a Muslim takeover of the US – even if that CT was true. That’s just what they want you to think! Also there’s a new McNaughton painting out-visit at your peril. [https://jonmcnaughton.com/](https://jonmcnaughton.com/) ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8422 "2021-11-17T18:22:32Z")
It’s guys like McNaughton who are giving the word “patriot” a bad meaning. ---
**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 17, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8423 "2021-11-17T18:52:15Z")
MTG doesn’t understand why a Congressman from New York would be the minority chair of the Homeland Security committee. I guess she never heard of 9/11. > **[Marjorie Taylor Greene Wonders What New York Has to Do With Homeland Security](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/11/mtg-wonders-what-new-york-has-to-do-with-homeland-security.html)** > > Marjorie Taylor Greene asked why a New York rep. leads the House Homeland Security Committee, apparently unaware of the state’s history or geography. ---
**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 17, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8424 "2021-11-17T18:55:42Z")
Matt Schlapp says that PBS is insane and should be defunded because Sesame Street introduced an Asian American muppet. > **[Matt Schlapp Says PBS is ‘Insane’ and Should Be Defunded Because Sesame...](https://www.mediaite.com/online/matt-schlapp-says-pbs-is-insane-and-should-be-defunded-because-sesame-street-is-introducing-asian-american-muppet/)** > > Sesame Street is introducing a new Asian-American muppet character, and in response Matt Schlapp said PBS should be defunded. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8425 "2021-11-17T19:31:33Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > That’s just what they want you to think! Also there’s a new McNaughton painting out-visit at your peril. [https://jonmcnaughton.com/](https://jonmcnaughton.com/) Oh, God. I looked at that and my first thought was “What’s Wilford Brimley doing in there with those ex-presidents?” before I realized it was supposed to be Teddy Roosevelt. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8426 "2021-11-17T19:33:32Z")
Interesting artistic choice to replace the Republican Supreme Leader of the Allied Forces with the Democrat Guy Who Lost PT-109. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8427 "2021-11-17T19:36:28Z")
One of the other “Patriotic Paintings” is “Teach a Man to Fish”, with Trump apparently teaching a man to fish. Does Trump himself know how to fish? I’ve never seen him doing it, or heard about it. I could believe Trump teaching a man to Golf, but that wouldn’t have the same ring to it. ---
**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 17, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8428 "2021-11-17T19:44:37Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I could believe Trump teaching a man to Golf, but that wouldn’t have the same ring to it. I could see him enrolling a man in his [America-Hating Fuckstick] University Extension Courses to learn how to be a Golfing Champion. ($30,000 per semester, plus course materials and greens fees.) ---
**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:** [November 17, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8429 "2021-11-17T19:52:49Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Does Trump himself know how to fish? I’ve never seen him doing it, or heard about it. I could believe Trump **teaching a man to Golf** , but that wouldn’t have the same ring to it. - Teaching a man How To Cheat at Golf. ---
**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 17, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8430 "2021-11-17T20:32:27Z")
> Who gets to explain to Greene that New York is indeed a border state, or perhaps explain that the United States has more than one border? Or perhaps that [Katko’s district sits along the border?](https://twitter.com/freedlander/status/1460726208258359296) Ix-nay on the Anada-cay order-bay! Not that any of us are trying to sneak into the US right now, but we want to preserve that as an option for future winters… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8431 "2021-11-17T20:32:38Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > One of the other “Patriotic Paintings” is “Teach a Man to Fish”, with Trump apparently teaching a man to fish. > > Does Trump himself know how to fish? I’ve never seen him doing it, or heard about it. I could believe Trump teaching a man to Golf, but that wouldn’t have the same ring to it. One manipulation of that phrase I’ve heard is Build a man a fire, and he’s warm for the evening. Set a man on fire, and he’s warm for the rest of his life. I can definitely see Trump doing that! ---
**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:** [November 17, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8432 "2021-11-17T20:35:27Z")
Maxim 21: Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Take his fish away and tell him he’s lucky just to be alive, and he’ll figure out how to catch another one for you to take tomorrow. ---
**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 17, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8433 "2021-11-17T20:35:57Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > Build a man a fire, and he’s warm for the evening. “Build”? No no no no NO! You **sell** him the fire. Using a Daily Fire Subscription model. Then send him pestering e-mails about how the Democrats want to ban fire, so he should sign up for even more Daily Fire!™ just to stick it to those libs. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8434 "2021-11-17T20:40:34Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > You **sell** him the fire. Using a Daily Fire Subscription model. Then send him pestering e-mails about how the Democrats want to ban fire, so he should sign up for even more Daily Fire!™ just to stick it to those libs You guys scare me. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=419) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=421)