# 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:** 123
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2442 "2022-06-03T12:06:14Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > DeSantis is uber-creepy (as well as dangerous). Look at the photo accompanying that story—how many hours do you suppose he spends staring in the mirror and trying to duplicate Donald’s expressions??? I bet when DeSantis takes a hard crap, they look like twins. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2443 "2022-06-03T12:43:14Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > > [@Gyrate](#): > > > > Oh man, do NOT mess with the BTS fanbase. > > Actually, you don’t want to mess with Korean netizens/online vigilantes. Check out the [Dog poop girl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_poop_girl) incident. I’m morbidly curious. Has anything come of this? ---
**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:** [June 3, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2444 "2022-06-03T15:14:53Z")
Now, now, lets not jump to conclusions. His stating that he’s attracted to men but not gay is clearly just his way of that coming out as a straight transwoman. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2445 "2022-06-03T15:22:03Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > It is not so much how he identifies himself so much as how he misidentifies gays. Perhaps, but honestly, I’m not gatekeeping. I’m not going to say he’s wrong, or broken, or mistaken, or confused. He believes he’s not gay, it’s not my job to tell him what he “really” is based my superior understanding of the world. If someday he decides that the word gay applies to him, I’ll support that too. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2446 "2022-06-03T15:48:33Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > It is not so much how he identifies himself so much as how he misidentifies gays. > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > He defines gay as “going to gay bars” and “indoctrinating children”. Right. A lot of people – even gay people – seem to have a hard time understanding that homosexuals are really just ordinary people who happen to be attracted to the same sex. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2447 "2022-06-03T16:10:05Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > He defines gay as “going to gay bars” and “indoctrinating children”. I don’t know – that just sounds like too much work to be worth it. Easier to just be asexual. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2448 "2022-06-03T17:40:02Z")
It’s a Mormon work-around. I saw a documentary on it once, it was hysterical….it was about three “same sex attracted” but totally not gay guys that were married to women and they all did things together like going out to dinner and ogling the waiters, then towards the end the guys decided they were going to have a sleepover party and the wives objected because “the last time they did that things got out of hand” but the guys decided to do it anyway. I’m sure they repented afterwards. > **[Same-Sex Attraction](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/same-sex-attraction?lang=eng)** > > Gospel topic information and links to additional resources ---
**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 3, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2449 "2022-06-03T17:55:32Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I’m sure they repented afterwards. This is the part I don’t get; you’ve got a get out of hell free card for sinning, so why not just sin, and then repent? It just feels like that would be a lot less stress. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2450 "2022-06-03T18:13:46Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > why not just sin, and then repent? Well, as a lapsed Catholic - you need to worry about dying before getting to confession. ---
**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 3, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2451 "2022-06-03T18:18:21Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > > [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > > > I’m sure they repented afterwards. > > This is the part I don’t get; you’ve got a get out of hell free card for sinning, so why not just sin, and then repent? It just feels like that would be a lot less stress. - Because they don’t actually repent. Deep down inside, they’re not the least bit sorry about what they did and would do it again in a heartbeat. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2452 "2022-06-03T18:44:47Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > towards the end the guys decided they were going to have a sleepover party and the wives objected because “the last time they did that things got out of hand” but the guys decided to do it anyway. And all their kids had red hair, just like the mailman. Crazy coincidence. I always felt sorry for that mailman, because he looked exhausted all the time. ---
**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 3, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2453 "2022-06-03T19:03:41Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Well, as a lapsed Catholic - you need to worry about dying before getting to confession. Well, that’s the joy of Protestantism! None of those annoying middle men between you&God. Just repent in the privacy of your own home or car or wherever and you’re good! Just try not to die while in the middle of actually sinning. > [@running\_coach](#): > > Because they don’t actually repent. Deep down inside, they’re not the least bit sorry about what they did and would do it again in a heartbeat. I have great faith in the ability of people of faith to lie to themselves. ---
**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 3, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2454 "2022-06-03T19:04:39Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > “the last time they did that things got out of hand” I can’t believe I missed this the first time round! “So, handjobs were okay, then?” ---
**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 3, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2455 "2022-06-03T19:41:50Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > Right. A lot of people – even gay people – seem to have a hard time understanding that homosexuals are really just ordinary people who happen to be attracted to the same sex. When I was a teen, we were told that gay bars and bathhouses were the fundamental institutions of gay life. I objected that, by that same standard, brothels and pickup bars were the fundamental institutions of straight life. Really, of course, grocery stores are more fundamental to both. ---
**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 3, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2456 "2022-06-03T19:59:11Z")
Louie Gohmert says Republicans are being persecuted just for lying to the FBI. > ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2457 "2022-06-03T20:01:19Z")
JFC that’s a direct quote! ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2458 "2022-06-03T20:02:28Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Well, that’s the joy of Protestantism! None of those annoying middle men between you&God. Just repent in the privacy of your own home or car or wherever and you’re good! That works for Catholics, too, if it’s the only route available. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2459 "2022-06-03T20:10:20Z")
What on earth!!!?? ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2460 "2022-06-03T21:01:50Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > That works for Catholics, too, if it’s the only route available. I think that there are three routes; both Catholics and Protestants equally like to ‘spread’ the word… ---
**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:** [June 3, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2461 "2022-06-03T21:28:45Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > “So, handjobs were okay, then?” No, that would be “things got, _into_ hand.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=122) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=124)