# 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:** 438
**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:** [December 5, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8776 "2021-12-05T21:32:20Z")
The image link has to have “.jpg” or “png” or the like at the end of it. Sometimes you can try different places and find one, but often I wind up taking a screen capture and uploading it to imjur. I found this version at Baptist News Global. I’m sure Jesus approves. [https://1648o73kablq2rveyn64glm1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Bennett1-640x426-1.png](https://1648o73kablq2rveyn64glm1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Bennett1-640x426-1.png) ---
**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:** [December 5, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8777 "2021-12-05T21:48:01Z")
The flag desecration is a nice touch. Nothing says “patriotic” like desecrating the flag. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8778 "2021-12-05T22:05:25Z")
If you’re a lefty, that shit will get you arrested! [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/2855/33844103521_75ea430f63_z.jpg "Hoffman arrested for American flag shirt: 1968") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/washington_area_spark/33844103521) (I myself don’t have a problem with flag desecration, but with the double standard.) ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8779 "2021-12-05T22:06:48Z")
Ah, dear Abbie.🇱🇷 ---
**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:** [December 5, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8780 "2021-12-05T22:16:00Z")
Is it just me, or does the girl on the right of the photo look like Kelly Bundy from early episodes of _Married With Children_? ---
**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:** [December 5, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8781 "2021-12-05T22:20:07Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The flag desecration is a nice touch. Nothing says “patriotic” like desecrating the flag. - They didn’t have any problem with Trump treating the flag like he treats women. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1PW3fuQl1C0/maxresdefault.jpg) ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1PW3fuQl1C0/maxresdefault.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8782 "2021-12-05T23:09:29Z")
Follow-up on Rep. Massie (R-KY) posting that Xmas pic of his whole family with the big guns: Charlie Sykes, conservative Bulwark editor, on MSNBC with host Lindsey Reiser, calls the photo a “dick pic”. > [@](#): > > In describing the photo, Sykes called it nothing more than a “d\*ck pic,” photos that men send unsolicited to women of their penis to show off their masculinity. Sykes explained that Massie’s need to show off how big his gun is. > > “Frankly, I’m sorry to be offensive, but that’s the equivalent of a dIck pic,” said Sykes. Host Lindsey Reiser noted she wasn’t sure they could say that on television. > > “But it’s all about showing off weapons as a fetish!” said Sykes. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8783 "2021-12-05T23:14:58Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The flag desecration is a nice touch. Nothing says “patriotic” like desecrating the flag. I didn’t notice that it was a flag at first. I thought they’d Found Waldo. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8784 "2021-12-05T23:16:16Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > > [@Chronos](#): > > > > The flag desecration is a nice touch. Nothing says “patriotic” like desecrating the flag. > > I didn’t notice that it was a flag at first. > > I thought they’d Found Waldo. - And they’re wearing his skin. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8785 "2021-12-05T23:31:34Z")
I’m sure the Prince of Peace approves. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8786 "2021-12-05T23:39:57Z")
But not as smart. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8787 "2021-12-05T23:41:56Z")
Four families will have vacant seats for Christmas dinner and this douche bag does this. Appalling. He needs to FOADIAF. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8788 "2021-12-05T23:49:56Z")
Re: Charlie Sykes calls Rep. Massie’s photo a dick pic: Sorry, I forgot to include a link. Here: > **[Charlie Sykes stuns MSNBC host with lewd description of Thomas Massie’s gun...](https://www.rawstory.com/massie-machine-gun-christmas-dck-pic/)** > > Speaking to MSNBC on Sunday, conservative commentator and Bulwark editor Charlie Sykes attacked Rep. Tom Massie (R-KY) after he posted a Christmas photo of him with his family in their pajamas with a bunch of guns. Christmas celebrates the birth of... ---
**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:** [December 6, 2021, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8789 "2021-12-06T00:56:34Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Follow-up on Rep. Massie (R-KY) posting that Xmas pic of his whole family with the big guns: > > Charlie Sykes, conservative Bulwark editor, on MSNBC with host Lindsey Reiser, calls the photo a “dick pic”. > > > [@](#): > > > > In describing the photo, Sykes called it nothing more than a “d\*ck pic,” photos that men send unsolicited to women of their penis to show off their masculinity. Sykes explained that Massie’s need to show off how big his gun is. > > > > “Frankly, I’m sorry to be offensive, but that’s the equivalent of a dIck pic,” said Sykes. Host Lindsey Reiser noted she wasn’t sure they could say that on television. > > > > “But it’s all about showing off weapons as a fetish!” said Sykes. The fact that Massie is holding an M60 has, itself, drawn some comments: > Wikipedia says it’s legal to own IF modifed so that it can’t be re-modified from a semi-automatic to automatic. But someone with so tiny a dick is likely to have taken steps to acquire the automatic version, one might reasonably surmise. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8790 "2021-12-06T01:25:02Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > The fact that Massie is holding an M60 has, itself, drawn some comments: > > [https://twitter.com/Ojeda4America/status/1467529035777556486](https://twitter.com/Ojeda4America/status/1467529035777556486) > > Wikipedia says it’s legal to own IF modifed so that it can’t be re-modified from a semi-automatic to automatic. > > But someone with so tiny a dick is likely to have taken steps to acquire the automatic version, one might reasonably surmise. I was wondering if they’d gone some place to rent those weapons. By my count, at least four of them are (or should be) fully automatic. Aside from the M60, the short barreled Uzi should be a submachine gun (the civilian semi-auto versions usually have longer barrels for legal reasons). The Thompson submachine gun, well, it’s right there in the name. And the person standing on the far right side of the picture has what looks to be an original M16, which would also be capable of fully automatic fire. Are these people so hard core that they went out of their way to acquire four weapons of this type? Seems unlikely to me, but then, I’m not a crazy-ass republican. What I do know for sure is, it would be _a lot_ easier to just rent those guns. Hell, I’ve even been in a place in Las Vegas where you can do just that, except maybe for the M60. I know they had an M249, though, so an M60 wouldn’t be that surprising. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8791 "2021-12-06T01:37:21Z")
Is it also possible that they’re nonfunctional replicas? It’s not like the photo shows them shooting them, and they wouldn’t need to be very good fakes to work for a posed photo. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8792 "2021-12-06T02:05:37Z")
It’s probably a special MAGA photo studio that keeps such props on hand for those heart-warming family portraits. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2021, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8793 "2021-12-06T09:23:05Z")
You can’t really blame them for posting this sort of picture right after a mass shooting. If they waited until there weren’t any mass shootings they’d never get the picture posted. ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8794 "2021-12-06T12:40:28Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > It’s probably a special MAGA photo studio that keeps such props on hand for those heart-warming family portraits. Probably more than one such studio, to keep up with the demand. Dan ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8795 "2021-12-06T12:47:29Z")
[quote=“Gyrate, post:8793, topic:911140, full:true”] You can’t really blame them for posting this sort of picture right after a mass shooting. If they waited until there weren’t any mass shootings they’d never get the picture posted. [/quote " until there weren’t any mass shootings " ? Shit, maybe they’d have to wait a week. Dan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=437) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=439)