# 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:** 453
**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:** [December 22, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9078 "2021-12-22T17:12:35Z")
The Romans were doing their own research… ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9079 "2021-12-22T17:29:48Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I’m not a biblical scholar or religious person or anything, but weren’t the Bethlehem hotels all booked up because the freedumb hating Romans made everyone travel so they could count them, or something? How would that work? I think it was about taxes too. I am not sure why that would fill up the Inn. ---
**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 22, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9080 "2021-12-22T17:45:18Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > How would that work? I think it was about taxes too. I am not sure why that would fill up the Inn. Yeah, that part never made any sense to me. Wouldn’t having everyone moving about make it harder to conduct a Census? In any case, it seems we’re not the only ones who think it’s nonsense. > **[Census of Quirinius](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census_of_Quirinius#The_birth_of_Jesus)** > > The Census of Quirinius was a census of the Roman province of Judaea taken in 6 CE, upon its formation, by the governor of Roman Syria, Publius Sulpicius Quirinius. The census triggered a revolt of Jewish extremists (called Zealots) led by Judas of Galilee. > The Gospel of Luke uses the census to date the birth of Jesus, which the Gospel of Matthew places in the time of Herod the Great (who died between 5 BCE and 1 CE). Most critical scholars acknowledge that Luke is in error, while religious ac... Of course, “That’s ridiculous!” never stopped anyone from believing something, so the “Travel for the census” bit has become solidly fixed to the Christmas story. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9081 "2021-12-22T17:50:54Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Of course, “That’s ridiculous!” never stopped anyone from believing something, so the “Travel for the census” bit has become solidly fixed to the Christmas story. I love the modernization of the Christmas story that the inn was full due to holiday shoppers! And the animals were brought in to breathe on Baby Jesus to keep him warm (not that they were seeing what tasty morsel was sitting in their food bowl). ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9082 "2021-12-22T17:52:15Z")
Maybe the whole thing was a scam to increase the wealth of certain inn-owning government officials. ---
**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 22, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9083 "2021-12-22T17:55:56Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > And the animals were brought in to breathe on Baby Jesus to keep him warm …and that’s another part hat bugs me. Sure, it was December and all, but it was December in the Middle East! It’s not like it was going to be snowing. This image of them huddling up for warmth seems to be entirely caused by Euro-centric thinking that just assumes December is going to be below freezing. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9084 "2021-12-22T18:12:30Z")
According to Weather Underground, the low in Bethlehem this Saturday will be 37F. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9085 "2021-12-22T18:24:23Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Maybe the whole thing was a scam to increase the wealth of certain inn-owning government officials. In the pocket of Big Hotel, you mean? Some ancestor of Paris Hilton? ---
**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 22, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9086 "2021-12-22T18:44:22Z")
Trump Manger🏯 ---
**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:** [December 22, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9087 "2021-12-22T18:50:59Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Sure, it was December and all, but it was December in the Middle East! It’s not like it was going to be snowing. This image of them huddling up for warmth seems to be entirely caused by Euro-centric thinking that just assumes December is going to be below freezing. It was spring. The shepherds were out in the fields with their flocks. It’s only December in Christian fantasy because they subsumed the Saturnalia celebration, which took place in December. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9088 "2021-12-22T18:52:06Z")
Madison Cawthorn says conservatives should drop out of college. > **[Madison Cawthorn Urges Fellow Conservatives to Leave College](https://www.newsweek.com/madison-cawthorn-urges-fellow-conservatives-leave-college-i-am-proudly-dropout-1661932)** > > "Unless you are becoming a doctor or lawyer or engineer, I highly encourage you to drop out," Cawthorn stated. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9089 "2021-12-22T19:00:11Z")
Just when you think conservatives couldn’t get any more dumb, they find new ways. Next they’ll be suggesting you drop out before you hit high school where all the CRT indoctrination begins (in reality, it doesn’t). ---
**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:** [December 22, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9090 "2021-12-22T19:01:59Z")
Repubs really do want an uneducated populace. Ignorance is strength! ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9091 "2021-12-22T19:14:32Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Madison Cawthorn says conservatives should drop out of college. He forgot to remind them that to get the maximum benefit from this strategy, they should also be [white male conservative Christian millionaires from affluent families receiving millions of dollars in insurance settlements](https://exactnetworth.com/madison-cawthorn-net-worth/). Hey, if it worked for him, it can work for you! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9092 "2021-12-22T19:29:48Z")
Big Caravanserai. ---
**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 22, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9093 "2021-12-22T19:42:21Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Fucker Carlson says Congressman Eric Swallwell has multiple doses of chlamydia. In addition to all the other wrong things with this, how does one have “doses” of a disease? ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9094 "2021-12-22T19:48:26Z")
Maybe it’s the inverse of being a little bit pregnant. 😁 ---
**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:** [December 23, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9095 "2021-12-23T01:13:50Z")
A bunch of unvaccinated anti-maskers who hung out with the inventor of Cuecat at a QAnon convention in Tulsa a few weeks ago have all come down with fever, congestion, shortness of breath, and lack of sense of taste and smell. So naturally, they’ve come to the only logical conclusion as to what happened to them - the Deep State poisoned them with anthrax. > **[People Got Sick at a Conspiracy Conference. They’re Sure It’s Anthrax.](https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7wz5a/people-got-sick-at-a-conspiracy-conference-theyre-sure-its-anthrax)** > > The fact that the conference was likely a COVID outbreak and superspreader event has been almost entirely ignored. ---
**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 23, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9096 "2021-12-23T01:17:22Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > A bunch of unvaccinated anti-maskers who hung out with the inventor of Cuecat at a QAnon convention in Tulsa a few weeks ago have all come down with fever, congestion, shortness of breath, and lack of sense of taste and smell. > > So naturally, they’ve come to the only logical conclusion as to what happened to them - the Deep State poisoned them with anthrax. - Any chance that Obamacare could be expanded to include brain transplants? ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9097 "2021-12-23T01:19:21Z")
And just where do you think you’ll get the braaaiiins? Dan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=452) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=454)