# 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:** 485
**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:** [January 24, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9718 "2022-01-24T00:49:24Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > And some people in that thread _believed it was actually happening._ They claimed school administrators were so afraid of being sued for “civil rights” reasons that they went along with putting litter boxes in the schools. Godot’s corollary to Poe’s law: There is no parody of a liberal viewpoint or activity that is so stupid and over the top that it won’t be believed by a substantial number of Conservatives. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9719 "2022-01-24T01:48:37Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > # Free Speech!! > > [Florida Republicans Pass Bill Banning The Word 'Gay' In Schools](https://dailyboulder.com/florida-republicans-pass-bill-banning-the-word-gay-in-schools/) > > … _unless you say stuff that makes us unhappy_ Maybe it was because of the football game? > **[Gay's 30-yard FG lifts Rams over Brady, Buccaneers 30-27](https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-rams-tampa-bay-buccaneers-nfl-sports-los-angeles-c5103f35733ffe5e8b1cfe170eff9d90)** > > Matthew Stafford threw for 366 yards and two touchdowns and Matt Gay’s 30-yard field goal as time expired lifted the Los Angeles Rams to a 30-27 divisional playoff victory over the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2022, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9720 "2022-01-24T02:18:35Z")
Newt Gingrich, who is an advisor to the Congressional Republican leadership, says that members of the 1/6 committee face jail when Republicans take over Congress. > **[Newt Gingrich, Who Is Advising GOP Leadership, Floats Jail Time for Jan. 6...](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/gingrich-jan-6-committee-jail-1289408/)** > > “This is what it looks like when the rule of law unravels,” GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, who sits on the committee, said in response to the former House speaker’s comments ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9721 "2022-01-24T02:36:49Z")
Here’s the full 74 page scathing ruling. And it is pretty damn scathing, towards the end he relates the parable of the emperor’s new clothes. This is judge sounds really pissed, he included a long footnote about the plaintiffs trollish delaying tactics. [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21183760-motion-for-preliminary-injunction-ruling-01212022](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21183760-motion-for-preliminary-injunction-ruling-01212022) He summed it up _In sum, the defendants side of the scale sits empty, the plaintiff’s overflows_ ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9722 "2022-01-24T02:49:13Z")
I also want to mention that New Hampshire is at the heart of the Free State movement , a libertarian led effort to create a “government-free zone and people moving to New Hampshire to pursue this goal on the local level has been a thing for forever. There’s a book about it called **A Libertarian Walks into a Bear** by _Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling_. The book is the true story of a New Hampshire town where lack of things like zoning laws and general maintenance and garbage management caused a bear problem, and more broadly about the Libertarian Free-State movement in general. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9723 "2022-01-24T03:06:43Z")
I read that book recently. More depressing than funny. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2022, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9724 "2022-01-24T03:36:02Z")
Thanks for that link; it was _very_ interesting reading. I was horrified at the details presented therein; there is quite a concerted effort to stifle the plaintiffs speech and to denigrate them in multiple contexts. That’s what happens in an autocracy. I liked what you quoted but also liked > It’s worth pausing to note just how shocking Defendants’ position is. from page 62 and > UF does not just fail to make that showing, it doesn’t even try. on page 63. Judge Walker was pretty clearly (and justifiably) not impressed by and somewhat angry with the defendants. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2022, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9725 "2022-01-24T04:35:56Z")
Here’s another free speech & employment case from clear across the freaking continent: > **[Judge sides with Alaska attorney who alleged wrongful firing](https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-alaska-elections-5d30bc3eb967a30ad51da738192d3b38)** > > JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A U.S. judge sided Thursday with an attorney who alleged she was wrongly fired by the state of Alaska over political opinions expressed on a personal blog. U.S. District Court Judge John Sedwick ruled that Elizabeth Bakalar's... ---
**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:** [January 24, 2022, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9726 "2022-01-24T05:11:33Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Godot’s corollary to Poe’s law: > > There is no parody of a liberal viewpoint or activity that is so stupid and over the top that it won’t be believed by a substantial number of Conservatives. Heh. That was worth waiting for. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9727 "2022-01-24T11:43:49Z")
Florida: “This girl is too immature to get an abortion, so let’s give her a baby to raise.” > **[Abortion Bill: Judge Would Rule on Teen's Maturity](https://www.newsweek.com/florida-abortion-bill-would-require-judge-rule-if-teens-mature-enough-1372158)** > > "If that judge doesn't deem you mature enough to have an abortion, that judge is deeming you mature enough to have a child, and that is daunting." ---
**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:** [January 24, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9728 "2022-01-24T18:59:46Z")
Sarah Palin is suing the New York Times. The court hearing was supposed to start today. But Palin has tested positive for covid. She isn’t vaccinated. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9729 "2022-01-24T22:00:06Z")
I feel sorry for ~~Sarah Palin~~ Covid. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2022, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9730 "2022-01-24T22:29:57Z")
Biden called Steve Doocy a stupid son of a bitch after Doocy asked if inflation was a political liability. > ---
**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:** [January 24, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9731 "2022-01-24T22:37:51Z")
Good. An honest politician ---
**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:** [January 24, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9732 "2022-01-24T22:41:40Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Biden called Steve Doocy a stupid son of a bitch after Doocy asked if inflation was a political liability. > > [https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1485739301685972992?t=gbh6Dp\_rS18LeGYUN2KliA&s=19](https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1485739301685972992?t=gbh6Dp_rS18LeGYUN2KliA&s=19) - Republicans are aghast at the lack of civility from The President in 3…2…1 ---
**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:** [January 24, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9733 "2022-01-24T22:41:59Z")
I would like to see a liberal/progressive politician call a RWer a fucking moron. Or, at the very least, imply it by calling their ideas fucking moronic. Maybe the Ds would get some traction if they started using real profanity. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9734 "2022-01-24T22:55:10Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > There’s a book about it called **A Libertarian Walks into a Bear** I’m sure the free market will provide rocks to repel both bears and tigers. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9735 "2022-01-24T23:23:35Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I would like to see a liberal/progressive politician call a RWer a fucking moron. Well, a few weeks ago we had Fauci calling the esteemed junior senator from Kansas a moron on a hot mic. He didn’t say “fucking” but he did call upon the Christian savior. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9736 "2022-01-25T01:22:12Z")
Florida’s shame Marco Rubio, who as far as I can see has never publicly said a word against the 21 of his Congressional colleagues who voted against\* honoring the law-enforcement personnel who defended their lives on January 6 2021, today surrounded himself with law-enforcement personnel in a campaign event: > > > Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 @RonFilipkowski \*the 21 ‘don’t honor LE who worked to save us’ that Rubio seem to feel are doing a great job: > **[21 Republicans vote no on bill to award Congressional Gold Medal for January...](https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/15/politics/congressional-gold-medal-house-vote/index.html)** > > Despite the House and Senate coming to an agreement that will award the Congressional Gold Medal to the officers who defended the Capitol, 21 House Republicans voted against the legislation Tuesday, the latest reminder that members of Congress still... - - Today’s Rubio-is-the-darling-of-Law-Enforcement event: [https://www.wfla.com/news/politics/florida-senator-marco-rubio-to-speak-from-jacksonville/](https://www.wfla.com/news/politics/florida-senator-marco-rubio-to-speak-from-jacksonville/) ---
**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:** [January 25, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9737 "2022-01-25T01:26:00Z")
I don’t like insulting people’s mothers, but I appreciate the intent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=484) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=486)