# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018 "2022-02-07T00:52:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 114
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2262 "2022-05-26T23:05:12Z")
Every sperm is sacred Every sperm is great If a sperm is wasted, God gets quite irate. Let the heathen spill theirs On the dusty ground God shall make them pay for Each sperm that can’t be found. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2263 "2022-05-26T23:10:48Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Every sperm is sacred > Every sperm is great > If a sperm is wasted, > God gets quite irate. Python was correct historically, of course. Many societies had something akin to the Sin of Onan. But there does seem to be less emphasis in modern times (in western culture, anyway) on working toward making sure every sperm results in a person. This could reflect greater knowledge of science (you’d never be able to harvest enough human eggs), or it could reflect greater commitment to the philosophy that _all_ blame for lack of a “domestic supply of infants” must be laid at the feet (or wombs) of females. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2264 "2022-05-26T23:32:50Z")
Pre-modern societies had no idea that human egg cells existed, or that an ejaculation contains hundreds of millions of sperm cells. Whatever ideas they had about the relationship between a man’s “seed” and a human life weren’t remotely grounded in reality. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2265 "2022-05-26T23:37:52Z")
Sounds like someone spent some time fucking horses, _for science!_ ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2266 "2022-05-26T23:43:54Z")
Life begins with the third White Claw. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2267 "2022-05-26T23:48:27Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Whatever ideas they had about the relationship between a man’s “seed” and a human life weren’t remotely grounded in reality. A tradition being carried on today in many disciplines the Republican party considers. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2268 "2022-05-27T00:06:57Z")
Where do these guys stand on fertilized embryos? I’m not an expert, but I understand that often more than one is implanted in the hope that one “takes.” What about destruction of frozen embryos? I thought about starting a new thread for this, but I’m weary… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2269 "2022-05-27T00:14:29Z")
I have a relative who I’d describe as “highly Catholic”. She had IVF treatment and ended up with like 6 embryos, but only used 3. She was unwilling to destroy the remaining ones, but at the same time didn’t want more kids. So instead she just ran out the clock (she’s in her late 40s, early 50s now) in order to not have to make a decision. She’ll probably keep paying for the cold storage until she dies, and then the moral burden of destroying the embryos will be on someone else. Problem solved! ---
**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:** [May 27, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2270 "2022-05-27T01:11:04Z")
Also, aside from the debate as to “when _life_ begins” the idea that _human life_ is sacred and deserving of protection is essentially a religious one. There are lots of good secular reasons for a society to protect the lives of its citizens, such as enabling people to live and work closely together without fear, but, speaking for myself, I don’t see those reasons as being applicable to embryos and fetuses. Not to mention that our society has never viewed the “sanctity” of human life as an absolute. But the whole “when life begins” debate is essentially a religious debate and meaningless to someone that doesn’t believe human life is in any way sacred or miraculous. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2271 "2022-05-27T01:49:04Z")
Walker falsely claims he never falsely claimed he graduated from University of Georgia > **[Fact check: Herschel Walker falsely claims he never falsely claimed he...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/25/politics/fact-check-walker-university-of-georgia-graduated/index.html)** > > Herschel Walker, the former football star who is now the Republican nominee for a US Senate seat in Georgia, is piling dishonesty upon dishonesty on the subject of his college education. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2272 "2022-05-27T02:34:32Z")
Daughter of a Congressional candidate begs people not to vote for her mother. > **[This GOP congressional candidate is so extreme her daughter is begging people...](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/05/gop-congressional-candidate-extreme-daughter-begging-people-not-vote/)** > > Florida state Sen. Kelli Stargel is the "worst mom ever," she says in a blistering video that details alleged abuse by the "family values" candidate... ---
**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:** [May 27, 2022, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2273 "2022-05-27T04:24:01Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Walker falsely claims he never falsely claimed he graduated from University of Georgia Recall that Pinocchio get his nose embiggened, not after his first lie, but after telling a second lie to cover up the first lie. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2022, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2274 "2022-05-27T06:03:00Z")
Greg Abbott [is being Greg Abbott](https://twitter.com/MyCancerJourne3/status/1529933105359753218) > [@Cancer Journal (3 tweets merged)](#): > > Uvalde Update: We were finally able to see my living nephews body to confirm identity. Shot in the face. While leaving to return home we were followed by what was assumed to be media, which win we do not wish to speak during this time. 4 mins after returning home a knock on the door. It’s a representative for Gov Greg Abbott. He informed us he’s willing to pay us to stand with the Gov and say we don’t need stronger gun laws. To which almost got this clown hurt. He was asked to leave and said that if we speak about this conversation we will be facing charges and possibly worse. We responded with fuck you, try me and find out. Then we were told people get hurt and disappear all the time. Fuck Greg Abbott and this harassment while we all mourn. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2022, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2275 "2022-05-27T06:15:06Z")
As on-brand as this seems for Abbott, this appears to be a troll post; > He’s also a 9/11 first responder and did six tours in Afghanistan and Iraq who earned several Purple Hearts for “hacking”, was a POW for a month, has only one brother who is gay and died in Iraq along with his mom, testified against Tom Cotton at his court-martial, survived a stroke, had a liver transplant (his second one!) last week, was a friend of Robin Williams, and this is his second nephew to die in a mass shooting despite having only the one dead gay brother (who was personally gay-bashed by former WWE Superstar Bubba Ray Dudley). Also, he’s black and has black kids, even though his Facebook profile picture is of a white guy with a white boy. And the NFL Shop was late delivering the jersey that his dead father was going to be buried in. Some people get off on writing themselves into public tragedies, it seems. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2022, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2276 "2022-05-27T11:13:37Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Sounds like someone spent some time fucking horses, _for science!_ Did [Rodell Vereen](https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/A-videotape-a-shotgun-a-horse-and-buggery-3222409.php) write it? (The story sticks in my mind not only because the man got caught having sex with the SAME HORSE TWICE but because Jon Stewart pondered that maybe the truth was simply that it was the “world’s most alluring horse”.) > [@eschereal](#): > > Greg Abbott [is being Greg Abbott](https://twitter.com/MyCancerJourne3/status/1529933105359753218) I saw that one and – as horrible as Abbott truly is – that immediately pinged my BS meter. “People get hurt and disappear all the time”? What is this, some straight-to-video mobster film? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2277 "2022-05-27T12:26:54Z")
Yep. It was actually believable until the threatening part. Which isn’t to say if the first part is true they wouldn’t be harassed (or possibly worse even though that’s not as common) by lawn forcement, it’s just it wouldn’t start with such a blatant threat. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2278 "2022-05-27T13:00:37Z")
Ah is fake ---
**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:** [May 27, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2279 "2022-05-27T13:32:23Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > Life begins with the third White Claw. Punchline to an old joke: Life begins when the kids move out and the dog dies. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2280 "2022-05-27T14:32:20Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > the man got caught having sex with the SAME HORSE TWICE Some folks like to play the field, others are monoequous. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2281 "2022-05-27T14:43:50Z")
Uh-oh, if it’s not reined in the thread is in danger of galloping away from its mane purpose. I vote neigh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=113) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=115)