# 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:** 119
**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 31, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2362 "2022-05-31T22:50:03Z")
The Supreme Court has blocked enforcement of Texas’s law which would have prevented social media sites from enforcing their rules. Three conservatives said it should have been allowed to be enforced, and Elena Kagan also voted to allow the law to proceed, but the article doesn’t say what her reason was. > **[Supreme Court blocks Texas law intended to restrict social media site blocking](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court-blocks-texas-law-intended-restrict-social-media-site-blo-rcna29402)** > > Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the law was a response to “a dangerous movement by social media companies to silence conservative viewpoints and ideas.” ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2363 "2022-05-31T22:56:19Z")
Well, it would have utterly destroyed Texas. I think that’s a pretty good reason to want it. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2364 "2022-05-31T23:35:57Z")
Not just Texas, the law could give anyone in the country standing. The only way to avoid the law would be for social platform companies to pull out of the United States entirely. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2365 "2022-06-01T00:50:24Z")
I heard Jesus was so furious about not being able to find a salon where he could get his nails done that he failed to look when stepping off the curb, got hit by a Samurai and died on the crosswalk. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2366 "2022-06-01T00:56:42Z")
Standing to sue in Texas courts. Which wouldn’t be able to do anything to companies that pull out of Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2367 "2022-06-01T01:04:41Z")
Yes it would. I read an article explaining how this is possible. But that was weeks ago and I can’t remember the details. So I guess you can take my words with a grain of salt. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2368 "2022-06-01T01:13:28Z")
Marge Greene claims the Uvalde shooter was trans, which has been proven false but she repeats it anyway. Even Paul Gosar removed his post about it. She also said that the whole world will be gay in three generations or so, and it’s an intentional plot (Don’t know who or why). She also claims that monkeypox is spread via gay sex. > **[Marjorie Taylor Greene says straight people will soon be extinct](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/05/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-straight-people-will-soon-extinct/)** > > She rebutted the assertion that white supremacist groups are "the most dangerous terrorists" by saying that "some of the most dangerous people in America are trans-terrorists... ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2369 "2022-06-01T01:16:38Z")
Well, to be fair, it probably WOULD be spread via gay sex. That does usually involve close physical contact, does it not? ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2370 "2022-06-01T01:25:59Z")
It also spreads via straight sex. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2371 "2022-06-01T01:29:21Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > It also spreads via straight sex. - I doubt she knows much about that. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2372 "2022-06-01T09:00:50Z")
Laura Ingraham says school shootings are being caused by reefer madness. > ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2373 "2022-06-01T11:33:26Z")
Am I mad, or is she using a double negative? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2374 "2022-06-01T11:38:06Z")
The biggest criticism you have for this bonkers diarrhea is the _bad grammar_? ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2375 "2022-06-01T11:40:46Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > The biggest criticism you have for this bonkers diarrhea is the _bad grammar_ ? Hey, I’m just happy I recognized the mistake this early in the morning. And adding a cherry of ignorance to a sundae of hateful idiocy cheers me up. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2376 "2022-06-01T11:41:48Z")
It’s like you people haven’t seen the most important documentary about the effects of the marry-jew-wannans . . . REEFER MADNESS! [![](https://prod-images.tcm.com/Master-Profile-Images/reefermadness1936.87909.jpg) ](https://prod-images.tcm.com/Master-Profile-Images/reefermadness1936.87909.jpg) Yes, it looks like a house party but actually these people are planning their next school shooting. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2377 "2022-06-01T12:00:54Z")
Dear Mother-Tucker Carlson, the Prophecied Swanson, the (Very) White Pine Pinocchio, [has decided to piss off BTS fans](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/tucker-carlson-bts-white-house-visit-1361200/). Here’s hoping they take a chunk out of his pasty hide. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2378 "2022-06-01T12:24:36Z")
TIL pot makes you dress WAY better than average. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2379 "2022-06-01T13:00:44Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Dear Mother-Tucker Carlson, the Prophecied Swanson, the (Very) White Pine Pinocchio, [has decided to piss off BTS fans](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/tucker-carlson-bts-white-house-visit-1361200/). Here’s hoping they take a chunk out of his pasty hide. Oh man, do NOT mess with the BTS fanbase. > [@Horatius](#): > > TIL pot makes you dress WAY better than average. But only **half** the men in that picture are wearing neckties. Those mad dope fiends! ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2380 "2022-06-01T13:44:06Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > But only **half** the men in that picture are wearing neckties. But one is a bowtie, I figure that has to at least count double! ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2381 "2022-06-01T13:49:20Z")
The thing I noticed was this WTF? tweet: “Things are going so poorly at the White House that even the media can no longer ignore it.” Uhm, when was it that “the media” ever “ignored” how “poorly” things were going at the White House? “The White House is in disarray!” has been a pretty standard headline for pretty much all of my life, at least. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=118) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=120)