# 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:** 171
**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:** [July 24, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3402 "2022-07-24T15:50:25Z")
Ignorance fought! /s ---
**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:** [July 24, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3403 "2022-07-24T15:54:57Z")
For certain values of “ignorance” 😃 Seriously, I’ve been arguing with Conspiracy Theorists for so long now, it’s not all that difficult to figure out what they’re likely to say next. I used to do online comics mocking them, and it was honestly difficult at times to come up with something sufficiently ridiculous that it was clear it was intended as comedy. More than once, I just literally quoted one of them as the punchline. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3404 "2022-07-24T16:41:27Z")
> **[Tom Paxton Quote](https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1339102)** > > Some people you don't have to satirize, you just quote 'em. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3405 "2022-07-24T17:25:58Z")
Steve Bannon says when the Republicans take back the House, there are going to be lots of oversight committees, to investigate the Biden administration, and to investigate the FBI’s and DHS’s involvement in 1/6. > **[Steve Bannon warns Jan. 6 committee staffers 'there's going to be a real...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/steve-bannon-warns-jan-6-113536711.html)** > > Speaking to Fox News host Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon warned that Republicans would take offensive action if they took back the House. There probably will be. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3406 "2022-07-24T17:27:36Z")
The Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota called his Democratic opponent a savage. She is a Native American. > **[Republican Calls Minnesota Lieutenant Governor ‘Savage’](https://www.yahoo.com/news/republican-calls-minnesota-lieutenant-governor-195935056.html)** > > Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan was recently targeted by a GOP opponent for lieutenant governor, Matt Birk. Birk referred to her as “savage.” Flanagan is a citizen of White Earth Band of Ojibwe. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3407 "2022-07-24T17:45:27Z")
“Republicans would take offensive action if they took back the House.” All of their actions recently have been offensive. What would change? “Yesterday, [WCCO](https://www.audacy.com/wccoradio/news/local/birk-responds-to-abortion-comment-says-he-was-misconstrued) interviewed Birk in regards to his comments and he said, “Savage is a word I used all the time. If someone is gonna get offended by that due to their Indigenous culture—you know, look, I guess I apologize.” At least he’s not even trying to be sincere. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3408 "2022-07-24T18:00:30Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > There probably will be. But if the GOP batted one for 62 in election fraud lawsuit successes (with a number of those judges not exactly being on “our side”), then I’m not sure how concerned I should be with whatever luck they might have in whatever future “investigations” the GQP might try to pull out of their asses. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3409 "2022-07-24T18:03:45Z")
The result of the investigations would not be the goal. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3410 "2022-07-24T18:06:34Z")
Sure, I get that, but then to, what, just rile up Don’s base, then? (Isn’t he always attempting that?) ---
**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:** [July 24, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3411 "2022-07-24T18:11:50Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > “Savage is a word I used all the time. If someone is gonna get offended by that due to their Indigenous culture—you know, look, I guess I apologize.” “I got a better idea. How about you fuck off and die?” “Oh, is that her name? All her signs say ‘Flanagan.’ Yeah, I’d be okay with the first part, I guess.” ---
**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:** [July 24, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3412 "2022-07-24T18:28:50Z")
There’s also the idea that, say, “suspected traitors” can wear that label forever even if no evidence is ever found. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3413 "2022-07-24T22:11:51Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Steve Bannon says when the Republicans take back the House, there are going to be lots of oversight committees, to investigate the Biden administration, and to investigate the FBI’s and DHS’s involvement in 1/6. I hope this kind of bullshit is taken into account when his sentencing hearing occurs. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3414 "2022-07-25T04:52:41Z")
Marge Greene says the Republican Party should be for Christian nationalists. > **[Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Says GOP 'Should Be Christian Nationalists' Party](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-taylor-greene-christian-nationalism-republican-party_n_62dd70bde4b081f3a9007344)** > > The Georgia congresswoman said the Republican Party should conform to Christianity to make it easier to identify with and sway Christian voters. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3415 "2022-07-25T04:55:35Z")
Isn’t this the same loon who believes President Obama is Muslim? Yeah, she’s really great at that whole identifying Christians thing. ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3416 "2022-07-25T13:30:49Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > “Yesterday, [WCCO](https://www.audacy.com/wccoradio/news/local/birk-responds-to-abortion-comment-says-he-was-misconstrued) interviewed Birk in regards to his comments and he said, “Savage is a word I used all the time. If someone is gonna get offended by that due to their Indigenous culture—you know, look, I guess I apologize.” The weird thing, to me, is that Birk is a Harvard grad. I usually expect more from a Harvard grad. I guess that nutcases can go to just about any college. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3417 "2022-07-25T15:30:41Z")
The goal is that one the one side we have clear evidence that the president of the united states sewed chaos putting lives at risk in a concerted effort to retain power despite losing a fair election, on the other hand the Democrats don’t like Trump, Hunter Biden name dropped his dad to get a job, and if you ignore the mail in ballots Trump won by a landslide in 2020. So the conclusion is both sides are equally bad. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3418 "2022-07-25T15:38:45Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Marge Greene says the Republican Party should be for Christian nationalists. > [Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Says GOP 'Should Be Christian Nationalists' Party | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-taylor-greene-christian-nationalism-republican-party_n_62dd70bde4b081f3a9007344) Or they could just call themselves the Nationalist Party. I know a good nickname that would fit. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3419 "2022-07-25T16:01:32Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > …sewed… Nitpick: “sowed.” > Is it sowed or sewed? > > Answer: a. Explanation: Sewing is stitching something together, like a tailor sews two pieces of fabric or a doctor sews a nasty cut. **Sowing, on the other hand, is planting** , as in putting seeds in the ground that you hope will grow. I’ll ignore the other things in your post that need correcting. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3420 "2022-07-25T16:42:35Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Or they could just call themselves the Nationalist Party. I know a good nickname that would fit. I’ve seen people recently calling them “Nat-Cs”. Say it out loud. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3421 "2022-07-25T17:11:19Z")
I did _not see_ that coming. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=170) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=172)