# 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:** 498
**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:** [February 4, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9978 "2022-02-04T04:45:14Z")
Alabamians are complaining that recognizing Black History Month is teaching CRT, and want it stopped. > **[Alabama officials receive complaints about Black History Month amid CRT debate](https://www.al.com/news/2022/02/alabama-officials-receive-complaints-about-black-history-month-as-state-debates-crt-legislation.html)** > > “I can tell you what’s in the state curriculum,” Mackey responded. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2022, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9979 "2022-02-04T04:47:28Z")
Iowa legislators want to live stream classes to make sure the teachers aren’t teaching the wrong stuff. I’m sure this will be a lovely thing for any pedophiles who want to sign in. > **[Iowa GOP bill threatens to slash teachers’ pay if they don’t allow classrooms...](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/2/3/2078374/--Why-do-we-not-value-teachers-Bills-introduced-in-at-least-two-states-to-surveil-classrooms)** > > The Iowa GOP is actually pushing proposed legislation filed on Tuesday in the state House to livestream from public school classrooms, allowing parents to watch children in class—a virtual cybersecurity nightmare. The bill would require school... ---
**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:** [February 4, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9980 "2022-02-04T13:53:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Iowa legislators want to live stream classes to make sure the teachers aren’t teaching the wrong stuff. I’m sure this will be a lovely thing for any pedophiles who want to sign in. My favorite observation is that if they were at all competent at messaging, the Democrats would be running “the party of Donald Trump (image of Cheato with background headline about his habit of barging into the Miss Teen USA dressing room) and Matt Gaetz (image of Sleazo with background headline about his sex trafficking investigation) wants cameras in schools to put your kids on the Internet” ads. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9981 "2022-02-04T14:05:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Iowa legislators want to live stream classes to make sure the teachers aren’t teaching the wrong stuff. I’m sure this will be a lovely thing for any pedophiles who want to sign in. How about the classes are streamed but are only available to – and _must_ be monitored by – the legislators? - Only the Right sort of people will be monitoring, not them commie-libruls who wouldn’t know an improper idea if it bit them on the ass. - Not a single one of them is a pedophile, nosiree. - They’ll be too busy for further mischief. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9982 "2022-02-04T14:14:04Z")
The bill specifically says the livestreams will only be available to parents with children enrolled in that school. Exactly how they plan to implement that, however, is unclear. An addendum to the bill has been proposed by some (okay, by me, although I did see the idea mentioned somewhere first) that requires Iowa legislators to have their meetings with lobbyists & donors live-streamed as well. I mean, if it’s important to make sure our sweet, innocent, precious young patriots aren’t being indoctrinated by socialist, BLM-supporting, LBGTQ+ teachers, isn’t it also important to know exactly what deals our elected officials are cutting behind closed doors? And don’t get me started on Iowa Republicans hoping to assess yet another requirement on public schools as they continue to starve K-12 and university funding, just so they can point to the $2 billion the state has in reserve and say, “Hey! We should eliminate our state income tax!” They’re trying to emulate the Kansas/Brownback experiment - even after Kansas admitted it doesn’t work and (mostly) gave up on it! ---
**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:** [February 4, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9983 "2022-02-04T14:43:58Z")
How can you slash teacher pay? Aren’t they already getting paid the least possible amount? ---
**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:** [February 4, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9984 "2022-02-04T14:47:25Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > How can you slash teacher pay? Aren’t they already getting paid the least possible amount? - It’s rumored that some can still pay all their bills. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9985 "2022-02-04T15:10:47Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > How about the classes are streamed but are only available to – and _must_ be monitored by – the legislators? Maybe they’ll learn something! “Oh, you mean the south _lost_ the Civil War?” ---
**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:** [February 4, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9986 "2022-02-04T16:17:13Z")
“Fake news!!” ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9987 "2022-02-04T16:37:26Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > “Oh, you mean the south _lost_ the Civil War?” Only because the Yankees cheated. They had more manpower, more armaments capacity, a far more industrialized economy, and (eventually) better leadership overall. If it hadn’t been for that, the Confederates would’a whupped them! ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9988 "2022-02-04T16:55:28Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Only because the Yankees cheated. Right! Check the list of Gettysburg dead, and some Confederate soldiers died two or three times! Everyone knows the South actually won that battle! ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9989 "2022-02-04T17:36:50Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Only because the Yankees cheated. Stab in the 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:** [February 4, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9990 "2022-02-04T18:39:00Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > > [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > > > “Oh, you mean the south _lost_ the Civil War?” > > Only because the Yankees cheated. They had more manpower, more armaments capacity, a far more industrialized economy, and (eventually) better leadership overall. If it hadn’t been for that, the Confederates would’a whupped them! And Dominion was in charge of tallying Union v Confederate casualties. They manipulated the numbers of able-bodied soldiers on each side. In fact, Fox News recently uncovered a telegram General Longstreet sent to General Pickett at the Battle of Gettysburg: _I just need you to find me eleven thousand seven hundred men. STOP._ ETA Note to Dominion lawyers: That was a joke. Please don’t sue me. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9991 "2022-02-04T19:18:27Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > “Oh, you mean the south _lost_ the Civil War?” My father thought he was being funny when he told me with great seriousness (I was a little kid) that the South had won the Civil War. I used to get into fights with kids in school, defending my dad. When I found out he lied, I was furious-- yeah, that was a _lie_, not a joke. He may even have forgotten he said it, but it had consequences for me. 😠 ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9992 "2022-02-04T19:28:44Z")
Depends on who we are talking about in the south. There were a number of individuals in the south that won when the Confederacy surrendered. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9993 "2022-02-04T21:17:33Z")
I had a junior high school teacher that was related to **Gone With the Wind** author Margaret Mitchell, who was apparently a die-hard Southerner until the very end. According to this teacher, when Mitchell was watching the premiere of the movie, during the scene portraying wounded soldiers during the battle of Atlanta - she turned to her companion and said “If we would’ve had that many men, we would’ve won the war” ---
**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:** [February 4, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9994 "2022-02-04T21:22:06Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > According to this teacher, when Mitchell was watching the premiere of the movie, during the scene portraying wounded soldiers during the battle of Atlanta - she turned to her companion and said “If we would’ve had that many men, we would’ve won the war” And they _still_ would have lost, since they also didn’t have the industrial capability to keep them supplied with weapons, ammunition, OR food. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2022, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9995 "2022-02-04T23:36:48Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > If it hadn’t been for that, the Confederates would’a whupped them! To quote Jason Mendoza, “All they need is a defense, an offense and a few rule changes.” ---
**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:** [February 5, 2022, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9996 "2022-02-05T01:42:06Z")
The Republican National Committee has censured Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, and has declared 1/6 “legitimate political discourse”. > **[G.O.P. Declares Jan. 6 Attack ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/us/politics/republicans-jan-6-cheney-censure.html)** > > The Republican National Committee voted to censure Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for participating in the inquiry into the deadly riot at the Capitol. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9997 "2022-02-05T02:05:14Z")
That seems like a risky way to categorize those events. So are they saying that if angry Americans do the same thing at their campaign offices it’s just “legitimate political discourse”? Does this mean that all the Antifa stuff in Portland and elsewhere that they complained about also falls under that banner now? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=497) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=499)